[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         NOTHING COMES FOR FREE

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, this Friday the Congressional Budget 
Office allegedly will release their assessment of President Biden's 
Build Back Better agenda under budget reconciliation.
  Their assessment will determine whether the Democrats have come up 
with enough tax increases and other measures that will actually cover 
the cost of the bill over the next 10 years.
  But the White House seems to now believe that the nonpartisan 
Congressional Budget Office isn't qualified to provide us with an 
objective cost estimate, even though that is the entire point of the 
CBO.
  As the Congressional Budget Office is forcing the Biden 
administration to acknowledge that their Build Back Better agenda will 
certainly cost a lot more than the zero dollars he initially claimed, 
Biden is still telling Democrats to disregard the report.
  Madam Speaker, nothing comes for free; and so far, initial estimates 
from the Congressional Budget Office show that the Build Back Better 
agenda will increase our national deficit by more than $150 billion 
each year.
  Had it not been for some Democrats listening to the Republicans' 
insistence that we don't vote until we at least have a price tag, 
President Biden probably would have been able to sneak this through the 
House without having to admit its true cost.

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