Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I have to say, what I am a little surprised about today is that nobody has raised the deficit or the debt because the Republicans were obsessed with that when they basically threatened to ruin this economy by not allowing us to move forward to increase the debt ceiling. We had to have all these cuts from programs that help poor people. Throwing people off of programs like SNAP, the food benefit, that is what they did. I now understand why we are not talking about the deficit or debt today because of the bills that they are bringing to the floor. One of the bills that we are talking about right now, the CHOICE Arrangement Act, cuts more than $348 million. That is what the CBO says. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include in the Record the CBO score. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Massachusetts? There was no objection. ESTIMATED DIRECT SPENDING AND REVENUE EFFECTS OF RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 118-9 (H.R.…”