I think we owe it to the taxpayers to be an A-plus.
we have seen estimates as high as $1.9 trillion in terms of what overregulation is costing the economy.
There has got to be better information, in my opinion, that comes out that takes into account these improvements in the economy.
I do not blame the CBO for all of its failures. But I do think we have got to eliminate the gimmicks.
I think this is right in line with what we are trying to do with the budget reform and appropriations task force to fix this.
I think that, you know--just for the record--that is what we have been trying to do for the last year.
There has been an enormous change in the regulatory burden and the growth of regulatory burden in particular.
When we--in our bill that we passed last year--froze Medicaid expansion, everybody was running around saying that we were cutting Medicaid w...
That, to me, is the gimmick of all gimmicks, Mr. Chairman.
I grew up dirt-poor, so I paid potential and specific attention to things, how it impacts lower-income families.
Unfortunately, these Keynesian economic policies, in many people's opinion--and I know some others--but in my opinion, have failed in realit...