Joe Barton: “I'm reminded of a homeowner who is getting ready to sell their home. It's a little older shop and it's shopworn and has…”

“I'm reminded of a homeowner who is getting ready to sell their home. It's a little older shop and it's shopworn and has not seen its best day. So they have a building inspector come out to inspect the home before they put it up for market. And the inspector gives the report, and the inspector says, ``You've got some major termite damage in the walls, and I think you need to really rebuild the walls.'' And the homeowner says, ``We'll paint over it.'' He says, ``Your plumbing is all rusted out. I think you really need to replace the plumbing.'' And the homeowner says, ``We'll paint over it.'' Then he says, ``I think your insulation and your electrical system's very frayed and you need to replace it.'' And the homeowner says, ``Well, we'll paint over it.'' What we have here today is basically the same bill that we had last week where we sustained the President's veto. Our friends on the majority side of the aisle have just painted over it. Now, they are saying the right rhetorical things. They're saying that nobody above 300 percent of poverty is going to get a benefit, but they then disregard the enforcement mechanisms that would enforce that.”