Kent Conrad: “I will be happy to complete my thought and finish. Over all the years when we were in control, Republicans did not offer…”

“I will be happy to complete my thought and finish. Over all the years when we were in control, Republicans did not offer alternative budgets. With respect to what we did in committee, every amendment we offered was paid for. The Senator is entirely correct. We offered amendments with revenue of $133 billion and with increased spending of $126 billion. So we paid for every amendment. We didn't pay for it with tax increases. We paid for it by closing the tax gap, money that is owed that is not being paid, which the revenue commissioner has said could be collected. I ask for an additional 30 seconds.”