Chris Hollen actually said...

"the Wharton School study cuts it by $55 billion, which was a surprise to many people."

"Will you agree that it would be a bad idea to pass a tax plan that the Joint Tax Committee, using their dynamic scoring analysis, concludes will increase the deficit and the national debt?"

"Do you dispute the GAO finding that it cost the taxpayers over $1 billion the last time we had a real showdown on this issue?"

"I agree we have a long-term challenge. You have signed in the past the Grover Norquist pledge that says you will not reduce one tax break for the purpose of reducing the deficit."