Political Quotes

“Madam President, before the Senator leaves the floor, I just want to probe him for a moment on this question of process. Listen, this is an affront to the Senate--a bill that reorders one- fifth of the U.S. economy and that is being delivered to us days or weeks before we are to vote on it. The Senator may have covered this, and if he did, he may just reiterate it for me. My understanding is that there is not going to be a CBO score before this bill is before us. For the folks who do not know what that means, that means that everyone who votes on this bill will have no clue as to how many people will lose insurance, how high premiums will go, or how much money their States will lose. I do not think that we have ever, ever voted on a bill of this scope and size without having an analysis from the CBO. My understanding is that, today, when you list or rank the affronts on the process involved in the debate over Graham-Cassidy, at the top of that list will be the fact that we are not going to see a CBO score.”