Political Quotes

“And they have still not scored my bill. I would go ahead and point out that it is not just in health care that CBO has scored 50 Democratic bills and six Republican bills, which does not include mine, despite the efforts and the requests from the highest ranking Republicans. From the legislation that has formally been scored by CBO in the 111th Congress, there have been a total of 530 bills scored; 442 of those were Democratic bills and 88 were Republican bills. So I appreciate very much the Director of CBO, Mr. Elmendorf. He sounds very sincere that he is doing everything that he can to be fair and objective. But you as the CBO Director, knowing that you really probably would rather not be woodshedded again at the White House and knowing that if you do not allow any of these wonderful Republican ideas to be scored, you can profoundly change the discussion on health care in America. You can prevent some of the best ideas in America on health care that didn't just come from the people whose names are on the bill. The ideas on my health care bill, they came from brilliant people from around the country who have dealt with the issue. I appreciate Newt Gingrich sending friends of his over, some of the brightest minds on health care helping come up with some of the best proposals. I appreciated Newt's help and those he sent over. And now you get a score and see what you've got. I appreciated his direction.…”