Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I have great respect for gentlemen who offered this amendment. They are my colleagues, and they are my friends. Mr. Meadows and I work very closely together on the Government Operations Subcommittee. He is my Chairman, and he knows I value his collaboration. Mr. Griffith is a fellow Virginian, and I have the pleasure of serving on committees with Mr. Jordan (OGR) and Mr. Perry (HFAC). And that is why it especially pains me to say this. But this amendment, which uses the disgraceful Holman Rule to eviscerate the Congressional Budget Office's Budget Analysis Division, is so transparent and so cynical it makes me want to weep. This amendment would punish the Congressional Budget Office for exposing the House Republican repeal of the Affordable Care Act as a cruel bill that would deprive 23 million Americans of healthcare. CBO is being retaliated against for the earnest work it conducted on the Trump Budget, which demonstrated that the president's budget misrepresents deficit projections by $2.3 trillion. This amendment says facts don't matter anymore. And that is something to mourn. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Griffith). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.”