Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I am very astounded the other side would suggest that the cost of our package is more than their package. The 10-year figure makes it very clear. The cost of our package is $5 billion. And we had that offset, although the offset was not allowed under the rule, but $5 billion. The cost of their package over the 10 years, $99 billion. When they talk about a 5-year cost figure, that is not but half the story. The full story is the 10-year figure, $99 billion for the majority, $5 billion for ours, and that does not exclude the next 10 years where theirs balloons to over a trillion dollars if you count death service. Whatever merit there may be to their arguments, and frankly they are pretty thin, it certainly has nothing to do about cost. Their package is, over the long run, is infinitely more expensive than ours.”