numbers and you know what you're talking about. as i said to you the other day, the speaker was the one who signed the letter insisting that we have a cbo report before we proceeded with the affordable care act, which we >> when it was important then, now the republicans are saying it's not so important now and who is that anyway? who is this congressional budget office anyway? it's somebody appointed by the republicans to do the numbers. and to come as close as possible to what the impact will be on the american people, on their health, and on our budget. the whole purpose of all of this affordable care act and the rest was to improve coverage, lower cost, lower cost, and expand access. affordable care exactly that. this does the exact reverse. it narrows coverage to the tune of 24 million people. decreases the quality of benefits, according to the