On the recordJanuary 7, 2011
Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule. Madam Speaker, after Democrats took a shellacking on November 2, I concluded then and now that it was because of the fragile economy and because they thought just perhaps Republicans would have some new ideas about fiscal discipline. Well here's what we get. We get a Republican majority that is more concerned about political theatre and messaging to the Tea Party than they are in creating jobs and reducing the deficit. We need a Jobs bill. Now. The CBO on yesterday told us what we already suspected. Repeal will increase, yes increase, the deficit by $230 billion. It will result in 32 million Americans losing their health insurance. And what eclipsed this whole episode was a Republican Rule that exempts Repeal from Pay-as-you-Go rules. Shame on the Republican majority. Shame on you.
