Jim Nussle: “Had my vote been recorded, I would have voted 'aye.'”

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.

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…

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

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.