Chris Van Hollen: “I thank my friend, Mr. McGovern. He is absolutely right. The next vote will be a vote to double down on the Republican…”

“I thank my friend, Mr. McGovern. He is absolutely right. The next vote will be a vote to double down on the Republican budget. I appreciate the answer from my colleague from Utah (Mr. Bishop). What the next vote will allow, the vote on the rule, is for the House to proceed with the implementation of the Republican budget. Therefore, if you think that budget is the wrong direction for this country, you should vote against the rule and not give the House the authority to move forward, because that's what the next vote is all about. Mr. Speaker, let's just remember what that budget does. I would just remind my colleagues that the issue in the debate was not whether or not we reduce the long-term deficit in this country. We've got to do that. The issue was how we do that. The Republican budget did not follow the advice of every bipartisan group that has looked at the challenge of deficit reduction, because those bipartisan groups have said that we need to take a balanced approach--meaning, we've got to make some tough cuts. We passed some of the Budget Control Act, and we needed to do more. They also said that we needed to deal with the revenue side of the equation, but the Republican budget doesn't ask for one penny--one penny--from millionaires for the purposes of deficit reduction. It doesn't close one single tax loophole for the purposes of deficit reduction--not one.…”