Paul Ryan: “If you take a look at the numbers, they are trying to tell us that we are dipping into the Social Security surplus. Take…”

“If you take a look at the numbers, they are trying to tell us that we are dipping into the Social Security surplus. Take a look at these numbers. These numbers they made up. These numbers they made up. These numbers right here, the costs of the Medicare plan, they do not even add up on their chart. If you look at this chart, in their report, I noticed they took a little bit out of this on the chart. They say, on this chart over here, that the figures in the year 2002 to 2005 are interpolated by the Democratic staff. In Webster's dictionary, interpolate, that means to alter by text, by insertion of a new matter deceptively or without authorization. They go on to say that the extrapolations for the second 5 years are made by the Democratic staff. Well, Mr. Chairman, if we take a look at these numbers, they are wrong. The numbers on the surplus are wrong. The numbers that they are making up are wrong. The numbers do not add up. It is an extrapolation. It is an interpolation, which the definition is simply stated here in Webster's Dictionary.”