Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit two letters into the Record. The first letter is from the Budget Committee chairman, Paul Ryan. In his letter, Chairman Ryan asks the Rules Committee to follow standard practice by addressing budget enforcement pending a conference report on the budget resolution. To prevent greater uncertainty and further delays in the appropriations process, House Resolution 243 will include a provision and does include a provision that adopts the House-passed budget resolution, H. Con. Res. 25, as an interim budget enforcement measure until an agreement may be reached with the Senate on the budget resolution for the coming fiscal year. I would like to read an excerpt from that letter. This is from Chairman Ryan to Chairman Sessions, who is the Rules Committee chairman: As you know, the budget passed by the House reduces spending by $4.6 trillion and achieves balance in 2023--all without raising taxes on the American people. In contrast, the budget resolution adopted by the Senate raises taxes by over $900 billion, increases spending by $265 billion and never balances. While I continue to work with my Senate counterpart to find common ground, we have not yet been able to reach agreement.”