Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman of the Appropriations Committee for yielding. I rise in strong support of this rescissions package. I want to commend President Trump for bringing this bill to Congress, a bill that would, once passed, be the largest rescissions package in the history of our country. This is a process that has been used by Republican and Democratic Presidents alike over decades, and it is an important process to make sure that we keep our fiscal house in order. Mr. Speaker, I know some of my colleagues on the other side are feigning concern over the Children's Health Insurance Program, and most of them, by the way, voted against the funding for the CHIP program in the first place when that bill was before Congress due to a full funding. In fact, we overfunded the CHIP program, and so, as that surplus money was identified, we made sure that that money is going to be able to be used to help reduce the deficit and go to other things. This letter from the Congressional Budget Office confirms that not one child will lose insurance when this bill is passed because we overfunded the CHIP program. Mr. Speaker, I include this letter from the Congressional Budget Office in the Record. U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC, May 8, 2018. Re Proposed Rescissions for the Children's Health Insurance Program. Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Mr.…”