Political Quotes

“I will restate my question. I understood the Senator from Idaho to say that the Chair would not be precluded basically from upholding a point of order, or ruling that the threshold has been exceeded even if there is a statement from the Congressional Budget Office and the Budget Committee that it is unable to state that the threshold is exceeded. The Chair would not be precluded, from what the Senator said. However, my question is, is it his intention that it would generally be the case that if the Chair has no basis to rule that a point of order would lie for the threshold being exceeded, that it would therefore not rule that a point of order lies? It is my intent to ask the chairman of the Budget Committee, by the way, these questions as well when he is able to return to the floor. But I think it is important we get the intent of the manager on this question. It is a very important question as to whether this process can function.”