Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, amendment No. 266 is the amendment that has had a lot of discussion around the Chamber and around this country. And what it does is it recognizes the results of the CRS report, Mr. Chairman, this report dated just last Thursday, February 10, 2011. It took a long time to put all the numbers together in an official document that identified the money that is automatically appropriated in ObamaCare. In digging that out, there are dozens of locations that automatically trigger appropriations that go on in perpetuity. And the total in this report is $105.5 billion. And here we are in this continuing resolution that the CRS reports at $105.5 billion. I had been working on that for some months, and finally we came with a total. But if we are not able to shut off all of the funding that is automatically appropriated in the ObamaCare legislation, both components of it, the reconciliation package and the bill itself, then forever this money goes forward, and the administration aggressively uses it to implement ObamaCare. I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Does the gentlewoman continue to reserve her point of order? Ms. DeLAURO. I do, yes. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Connecticut is recognized for 5 minutes. Ms. DeLAURO. Very briefly, I yield myself 30 seconds.…”