Mike Pence: “I am invigorated by this debate. I am invigorated by the quality and integrity of the debate on both sides of the aisle…”

“I am invigorated by this debate. I am invigorated by the quality and integrity of the debate on both sides of the aisle and that 85-some-odd colleagues of mine still believe in what the gentleman from Wisconsin referred to earlier as baloney. Mr. Chairman, I have often associated many things with Wisconsin, usually cheese; but henceforth I will always associate Wisconsin with baloney as well because it was the distinguished member of the minority, the ranking member, who said on this floor tonight that the problem with this group of conservatives was that we did what his late father, a man active in public life, said one should never do: we believe our own baloney. I would amend the record to say his late and distinguished grandfather, who said that politicians should never believe their own baloney. Let me give a few examples as we try and talk about the issues that we confront tonight. We are not here in some vain exercise to exact a torturous schedule on our colleagues this early in the legislative week. Neither are we ignorant of the long days that are ahead of us before we break and return to be with our families. But the enforcement of the budget resolution that we adopted in this Chamber once and deemed another time is at stake. This bill that we consider today is $775 million over our budget.”