bill archer, bill english and american action network president -- mr. ryan: great economist. reporter: you've taken shots at the tax policy center which most people see as bipartisan because it includes staff people from both sides. including two g.o.p. ex-c.e.o. chiefs. compare and contrast these two -- why you think one is nonpartisan and the other isn't. mr. ryan: without going deep into the modeling, i think having a closed economy mod that will disrespects or disregards mobile capital flows doesn't make a whole lot of sense. so i think there are some model flaws. i think phenomenal molders, leadingers in their field, the a.k. model is a mold i used to work on when i was younger. the g.g.m. model is their current model. i think they did a lot to poke holes in the t.p.c. model. i'd say the basic is they put a bunch of assumptions in their model, made a bunch of things up, to come up with a conclusion that seemed to me overly partisan. when in fact those aren't the decisions that were made. that is my fault with the t.p.c. model. reporter: thank you, mr. speaker. over on th

among its board is bill archer and others. you have taken shots at the tax policy center, which most people see as bipartisan because it represents people from both sides including two gop next ceo chiefs. -- gop ex-chiefs. why do you think one is bipartisan and the other and -- other isn't? mr. ryan: i think having a closed economic model that disrespects or disregards mobile capital flows at this not make sense. i think there are some model flaws. the ak model is one i worked on when i was younger, the current model -- i think they did a lot to poke holes in the tcp model. i would say the basic, they made a bunch of assumptions, made up a bunch of things up in their model to come up with a conclusion which seemed to me to be overly partisan when in fact those were not the decisions made. that is my problem with the model. reporter: over on the other side of the capital, there are two -- some strong words from retiring republican senators about the president and his behavior. do you share any of these concerns, and particular

among its board is bill archer, bill english and american action network president -- >> great economist>> you have taken shots at the tax policy center which most people see as bipartisan because it includes staff from both sides including two gop exceo chiefs. compare and contrast these two think tanks and why you think one is nonpartisan and the other -- >> without going deep into the modeling, i think having a closed economy model that disrespects mobile capital flows doesn't make a whole lot of sense. i think there are not model flaws. i thi the i think they did a lot to poke holes in the tpc model. that's more wonky than you want to get into. they put a bunch of assumptions in their model to come up with conclusion that seems overly partisan. that is my fault with the tpc model. >> over on the other side of the capital there are some strong words coming from a couple of retiring senators this week about the president and about his behavior. do you share any of these concerns, in particular the concern raised by senator flake that he does not want to be complicit? >> here's what i t

among its board is bill archer, bill english and the american action network president [ inaudible ].e taken shots at the tax policy center, which most people see as bipartisan because it includes staff people from both sides including two gop ex-ceo chiefs. compare and contrast these two think tanks why you think one is nonpartisan and the other isn't. >> without going deep into the modeling having a closed economy model that disrespects or disregards mobile capital flows doesn't make a whole lot of sense so i think there are some model flaws. i think larry and alan, who are phenomenal modelers, leaders in their field, the aka model is a model i used to work on when i was younger, the gg model is the current model did a lot to poke holes in the tpc mod. more than you want to get into. they put a bunch of assumptions in their model made a bunch of things up to come up with a conclusion that seemed to me overly partisan when those aren't the decisions that were made. that is my fault with the tpc model. >> thank you, mr. speaker. over on the other side of the capital there were some st

among its board is bill archer, phil english, and american action network president -- >> great economistyou've taken your shots at the tax policy center, which most people see as bipartisan, because it includes staff people from both sides, including two gop ex-ceo chiefs. compare and contrast these two think tanks. why you think one is nonpartisan and the other isn't. >> i think without going deep into the modeling, i think having a model that disrespects or disregards mobile capital flows doesn't make a whole lot of sense so i think there's some model flaws. i think larry and allen, who are phenomenal molders, leaders in their fields, model i used to work on when i was younger, the ggm model is their current model. i think they did a lot to poke holes in the tpc model i'd say the base is they've put a bunch of assumptions in their model, made a bunch up, came up with a conclusion that seems to me overly partisan, which, in fact, isn't the decision that's been made. that's my fault with the tpc model. >> thank you, mr. speaker. there were strong words coming from a couple of retiring se