Political Quotes

“I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. One of the bills that is being brought before us, H.R. 7198, is a Republican partisan bill, but it violates their own CutGo budgetary rule. Yesterday, in committee, when we pointed that inconvenient fact out to our colleagues across the aisle, rather than Republicans saying they were going to try to find a way to pay for the bill, my colleagues spent about 40 minutes railing against the CBO Director that the majority themselves, by the way, helped appoint. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include in the Record an article that reinforces what I just said. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Massachusetts? There was no objection. H.R. 7198, PROVE IT ACT OF 2024 AS REPORTED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ON NOVEMBER 22, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ By fiscal year, millions of dollars-- ----------------------------------------- 2025 2025-2029 2025-2034 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Direct Spending (Outlays)..... 1 5 10 Revenues...................... * * -7 Increase or Decrease (-) in 1 5 17 the Deficit. Spending Subject to 6 40 not estimated Appropriation (Outlays). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * = between -$500,000 and zero.…”