David Schweikert

In the early days, it was like a 50/50, not 100 percent coming from the Federal Government.

Yeah. It blends out closer to the 70. Now, talking about the expansion population. That is where--

Let's have some fun with math and the reality of what is going on in the world. First, let me get something off my chest. I hate it when I make a mistake. Mr. Speaker, have you ever had that moment when you say something as you are walking…

Anyone that says ‘current policy baseline’ is engaging in intellectual and economic fraud.

Forgive me as we get ourselves organized here. Our friends on the other side ended a little faster than we expected. Mr. Speaker, I am going to do something a little dangerous. Have you heard the saying you should never go to bed mad? I…

This one is going to be a little thick, so put on your economics hat, and let's have a ride here. On Friday, the Congressional Budget Office responded to a request I made in my capacity as chairman of the Joint Economic Committee. I was…

I am going to try something this evening. The thesis I am going to try to sell tonight is that data is substantially a solution for us. What? I am going to walk through a number of things that just came out in the new Med Pack report. I…

Have you ever had the time here where you basically are having to take on two things that push against each other, that create a real math problem, and that telling the truth about it--how do you say it?--oh, yeah, gets the crap kicked out…

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona has 9 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Virginia has 13\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Apparently, the Democratic position is the $2,000 you get per child, which was the doubling of the child tax credit in 2017, should go away and go back to the $1,000? Wow. I think that is what I just heard. Those of us who have adopted…

To the chairman and the minority, I first want to apologize to everyone. I have one of my crappy lung infections, so at some point, I am going to start coughing and doing an inhaler. Just ignore me. Somehow, I thought that would be…

Just because I want to help out-- because I know this is heresy around here. Truly one of my favorite Members to work with, even though we are on different sides of the aisle, he may want to retract the words ``Social Security,'' which he…

I would inquire once again on how much time is remaining. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Simpson). The gentleman from Arizona has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Virginia has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Let me have just a couple of moments of joy here. A reconciliation budget that only touches individuals and passthrough businesses, so there are no shareholders who are getting-- that is actually already locked in. That is one of the…

If we are all blessed, I won't use it all. Mr. Speaker, have you ever had a moment where the first words in your head are: I am damned if I do and damned if I don't, but is there a chance? For a decade, I have been coming behind this very…

Woman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chairwoman, can you believe this? We broke our printer. However, thank heaven we didn't break the markers. So I thought actually just because we are trying to do fact-based, the…

I am prepared to close, but I would like to inquire on how much time is remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona has 5 minutes remaining.

I actually made a board for what the gentleman's point was, showing, within this reconciliation budget document, how much additional tax cuts are there for C corporations. There is your board. I am being a little sarcastic, but that is…

First, is there a chance to get the amount of time that we are splitting so we have a sense of the run time here? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 36\1/2\ minutes.

Oh, no. Who else has been working for a decade now to save it? Remember, in 2033, about halfway through the year, the trust fund is gone. Is that a Republican or a Democratic problem? I would say it is a morality problem. We will be…

The average family would save $2,853. That is your crumbs. I would argue, for the average family that has been crushed by the previous 3 or 4 years in inflation, if you don't make 27 percent more money in my district, you are poorer today…

May I inquire as to how much time remains. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona has 16\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Virginia has 18 minutes remaining.

My best guess is I will use about 6 or 7 minutes of it. Mr. Speaker, do you remember the hair on fire comments that people said that mathematically had no basis? They are not actually in the budget documents. Let's understand the size of…

I have to figure out, do I sit here and just spend my time correcting things that are mathematically not true or not in the design of what is actually here or just over and over say how much I like working with Mr. Beyer because one day he…

I love public policy by storytelling, but this being the Joint Economic Committee, let's actually go back to math. Madam Chair, I would say to Mr. Beyer that I want to make sure I am communicating right, but at least we are down to…