John Yarmuth actually said...

The truth is Congress simply could not function effectively without CBO's budget estimates and analyses.

I have this knack for asking questions that I really do not expect a certain answer to.

The problem of long term forecasting and long term budgeting... we have gotten around it by certain gimmicks.

I think it is been very helpful today and kind of puts a finishing touch, to a certain extent, on a very productive series of hearings.