Steve Scalise said "I thank the gentleman. As it relates to the reconciliation bill that the Budget Committee will be taking up tomorrow, the initial estimates on that bill are that it would, roughly, add up to be about $3.5 trillion in new taxes and spending. There are now estimates that that number will mushroom to well over $4.2, $4.3 trillion or higher, but we still don't have a CBO score on the lion's share of that legislation. The word we are getting from CBO, it may be weeks or months that we would get that score. Does the gentleman know what the timeline is for getting an actual estimate from CBO on what the cost of that legislation is and will be, come tomorrow, when the Budget Committee takes it up?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 24, 2021

I thank the gentleman. As it relates to the reconciliation bill that the Budget Committee will be taking up tomorrow, the initial estimates on that bill are that it would, roughly, add up to be about $3.5 trillion in new taxes and spending. There are now estimates that that number will mushroom to well over $4.2, $4.3 trillion or higher, but we still don't have a CBO score on the lion's share of that legislation. The word we are getting from CBO, it may be weeks or months that we would get that score. Does the gentleman know what the timeline is for getting an actual estimate from CBO on what the cost of that legislation is and will be, come tomorrow, when the Budget Committee takes it up?

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Steve Scalise

Republican · Louisiana

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