Chris Van Hollen actually said...

"I do hope that the Senate will take up the bill we passed over here in a bipartisan basis with respect to expedited rescission and legislative line item veto."

"I am just saying that, as I understand, you agree that it was an effective enhancement to the budget process in the past."

"I would just say... it would be useful, I think, to ask every individual who is on this bipartisan group whether they agree with the three specific bills."

"Just to go back to the overall point that the chairman raised where there is consensus is that we need to reduce our deficits, especially as they are projected to rise over the long term."