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Louie Gohmert: That's actually a lot cheaper than what we're doing now. It would save money. But let me just say this: I know a lot of…

On the recordMarch 10, 2010
That's actually a lot cheaper than what we're doing now. It would save money. But let me just say this: I know a lot of people kowtow to CBO. Let me tell you that in this Congress--and the director has called me and said, Oh, we are very objective. And I know they do the best they can to being objective. But I'm telling you, since he got woodshedded at the White House, let me tell you, there have been I believe it's been 56 health care bills that have been scored by CBO. We have about 70 bills from Republican Study Committee members to reform health care. Seventy bills, they are bills. And you know how many we have gotten scored on the Republican side? Six, six bills. I have been begging and writing all kinds of ways. I have had ranking member of the committee of jurisdiction, Joe Barton, request my bill be scored. I've had Dave Camp when they said, Well, you don't have the Joint Commission ranking member. Well, then, Dave Camp requested. I can't get it scored. And I realize by making a big deal about CBO not scoring Republican plans, that they may say, Oh, Gohmert, we'll take your bill, and we'll score it, and you're not going to like the way it comes out. I realize that's a risk. But I'm telling you, it has been so abusive that CBO has done virtually nothing. About a tenth of the Republican bills that they have scored are Democratic bills.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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Mar 10, 2010

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Gohmert discusses the perceived bias of the Congressional Budget Office in scoring health care bills.

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