John Yarmuth: “I thank my colleague from Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the rule. When the Republicans last fall traveled…”

“I thank my colleague from Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the rule. When the Republicans last fall traveled around the country asking the American people to return this House to their control, they promised two things. One, they were going to create jobs. Secondly, they were going to promote fiscal responsibility and try to reduce the deficit and reduce the debt. Well, on the first score, it's been 6 months and we haven't seen the first item of job-creating legislation. On the second item, we should have known better. We should have known better than to trust them to actually try and rein in the deficit. Today, with the rule under consideration, the Republican majority is proposing to waive the very rules they wrote to supposedly cut spending. {time} 1330 The GOP proposed the CutGo rule last year, saying it was part of their plan to rein in spending; and now, just a few short months later, they're violating their own rules. We heard the gentleman from Florida actually concede that they're violating their own rules. That is award- winning hypocrisy, but it's not surprising because, as has been mentioned, the Speaker of the House said last year, We routinely waive the Budget Act's requirements to serve our purposes. Maybe we could excuse that if they were, say, proposing legislation to create jobs, but we know that isn't happening. In fact, the underlying bill does exactly the opposite. It stifles innovation and entrepreneurship.…”