Jim Nussle

If men were angels, quoting James Madison, we would not need all of these controls.

I, ignorantly, said at one point in time in my career that CBO sucks, and I have been apologizing for that for some time because these are good people who do a good job.

Everything should be on the table. The way I look at is trust the votes.

We reserve to close. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for 10 minutes.

I just am shocked. There is no scientific evidence, Mr. Chairman, but we are understanding that the gentleman, and that there might even be in the Democratic substitute tax cuts? Why would we do such a thing when there is no science, when…

Yes, they are. In fact, we put into the budget an emergency reserve fund for the purpose of funding that war, the same way Mr. Spratt does, the exact same amount.

But is the money in there in this ``reckless'' plan the gentleman was suggesting?

I want to first thank all of the staff that worked so hard to bring us to this point in time and the leadership on the Budget Committee, and I would like to pay a special thanks to the floor staff and the official reporters and the clerk…

I would like to speak out of order for a moment just to thank the staff of the Budget Committee, Jim Bates, a very able staff that put together the bill. I also would like to thank so many of the leadership staff that do such good work…

But still no plan. But to close on our plan, Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the distinguished gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hastert), the Speaker of the House.

Except the gentleman forgot Osama bin Laden, and I thank the gentleman for that. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the very distinguished gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan), a member of the committee, so maybe he can answer some of the…

I am trying to find where we are taking away picnics now. I am looking for picnics in here. I may not vote for this now. I did not realize we were taking away picnics, of all things. My goodness. How could we do that, my friend. I would…

The Education and the Workforce Committee has contributed to this effort, and I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Price) for 2 minutes.

These are the same arguments we heard before we reformed welfare and unlocked 30 million Americans from the dependency of government. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart).

It is all politics. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Ryun), member of the committee.

We stand for growing the economy; and to speak about that, let me yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Crenshaw), a member of the committee.

We have a budget. What we are not sure we have is the other body. They have not acted. They have not even brought it to a vote. I do not know what they are doing. I can understand the gentleman's frustration. I share that frustration. We…

My only purpose for asking for the time, like the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spratt), I have no objection to this at all. It sounds not only like a good idea, but something I think we do already, but maybe not in the detail the…

The point of this all is, this is a tax increase. They are admitting it. There were so many Members who came to the floor and said, oh, no, no, no, we are not really increasing taxes. But what the colloquy between the two gentleman from…

It is not a tax increase? My goodness. What does ``changes in tax laws sufficient to increase revenues by $18 billion'' mean? I heard one time if it walks like a duck, it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it might be a duck. This…

The provision in the Senate-passed budget resolution concerning the farm payment limitation is not included in the conference version. Any major changes to farm payment limits or any other agricultural policies should be addressed by the…

We are reducing the budget deficit by $100 billion. So I understand there is concern out there. We are taking $100 billion off the top as a result of this budget because we are planning our work and we are sticking to our plan, and it is a…

I mean, does the gentleman think there is a difference between the 1990s and the period of the 2000s since what happened when we inherited the Clinton recession of 2000 and the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon of 2001…

I only have one question. Why would he vote to cut taxes on one day without paying for them and then come to the floor with a motion the very next day saying he does not have to pay for those taxes?