MURPHY TO CBO: REPUBLICANS ARE DENYING AMERICAN PUBLIC A FAIR, INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF SECRET HEALTH CARE BILL
"We don't just rely on CBO--our constituents rely on CBO. The only way that we're able to have a real, meaningful debate in this country about the impact of legislation that affects people's lives is because of the nonpartisan analysis that CBO provides us.
"We are headed towards a potential debate and vote on a piece of legislation next week that's equally sweeping that none of us have seen--that theoretically CBO is working on today, but may release their analysis with only a handful of hours or days prior to the vote," Murphy continued. "For those of us who believe in CBO, I think there is a deliberate campaign to try to reduce its relevance. I just think that [CBO is] being used by the Republican majority for political purposes and I think it compromises [CBO's] independence. We should be investing in CBO's relevance by demanding that on major pieces of legislation, we see a CBO score before we vote."
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Highlights of Murphy's remarks are below:
"I'm really glad to have
"We don't just rely on CBO--our constituents rely on CBO. The only way that we're able to have a real, meaningful debate in this country about the impact of legislation that affects people's lives is because of the nonpartisan analysis that CBO provides us.
"Similarly, we are headed towards a potential debate and vote on a piece of legislation next week that's equally sweeping that none of us have seen--that theoretically CBO is working on today but may release their analysis with only a handful of hours or days prior to the vote. That is, if the
"My fear is that the way in which
"What's happening here is very different.
"So to the extent that you are interested - and these are your words - in a "level playing field", what do you about this relationship of confidentiality can be taken advantage of to effectively hold the CBO score until the last possible minute, giving members of the minority party a very small amount of time to look at that legislation. This policy of waiting to release it until it was made public made a lot more sense back when committees functioned and you had a CBO score on the committee bill.
"I don't think we can ask you to make that change in policy unilaterally. I raise it in the context of this hearing because I just think that you're being used by the Republican majority for political purposes. And I think it compromises your independence and it will encourage
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