Mike Levin: “I appreciate your courtesy. I always enjoy coming before the Rules Committee. Just two points. First of all--maybe three…”

“I appreciate your courtesy. I always enjoy coming before the Rules Committee. Just two points. First of all--maybe three quick ones--SGR was outside the budget agreement. It was decided to place it within it. All we are asking is for a vote on UI. And the third point, December 28 is a few days away. The ax falls on the livelihood of 1.3 million people. So if you will say today that the Speaker will sit down with us on a bipartisan basis today and tomorrow and find an answer, fine. But just to say you are skipping town not addressing this and leaving an empty box, that is not a good answer.”