Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, we have heard from our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that we ought to trust the CBO, that the referee should be taken at their word and that they are doing the best they can. But let's look at this amendment. The CBO scored it, and they said: CBO estimates that your amendment would have no net effect on budget authority or outlays in fiscal year 2018. No net effect. Who here actually believes that eliminating 89 positions, as the gentleman from Virginia, my friend, just said it is going to affect his people, who believes that 89 people being eliminated and $15 million in aggregate salaries has no net effect on budget authority or outlays? I don't think any of us believe that. So here is the conundrum that my friends have on the other side of this issue: a ``yes'' vote means that you agree with me that something needs to be reformed at CBO; a ``no'' vote means that you agree with CBO's assessment that this amendment abolishing 89 employees will have no effect. Therefore, I would submit to you that the CBO has, in effect, determined that their budget analysis division has no value. Therefore, if you actually support CBO, you must vote ``present.'' Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues to join me with a ``yes,'' and let's start the reform at CBO so we can get accurate numbers.…”