Alan Simpson: “I claim the time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Ross). The gentleman from Idaho is…”

I would just say that I am very disappointed that the gentleman doesn't agree with us that we ought to reduce spending because that is what these bills have been doing. Anybody who suggests we are going to stop the debt clock overnight is…

I have no more speakers on this, and I reserve the balance of my time.

This bipartisan en bloc was developed in coordination with our colleagues across the aisle. It contains noncontroversial amendments addressing important issues in this bill that have been agreed to by both sides. For example, the…

We have two political parties in this country, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party.