director elmendorf wrote to chairman ryan yesterday to explain the limits of their capability and capacity. let me quote from his letter. quote, the c.b.o. would not be able to perform theage sess envisioned by that set of amendments. we do not have the analytical capabilities of the -- or the level of staffing that would be needed to undertake and complete the task that would be assigned to us, nor would the usual timetable for considering legislation allow the time that would be required to complete such analysis. even if we did not face those analytical and staffing constraints. the time that it would take the c.b.o. to produce these dditional estimates as showing no discernable impact would delay congress' legislative work at both the committee level and on the floor. the simple fact is, the amendment is unworkable -- unworkable and ill conceived and i urge its rejection. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from virginia. the gentleman from georgia. mr. price: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from georgia yields back. the gent

elmendorf testified before the budget committee just a few weeks ago, dr. elmendorf told us that in ten years, one year's interest payment on the debt of the united states of america would be $880 billion. that's over $650 billion more in one year on interest than we are paying today. so we have got to at least adhere to our promises to contain spending. we cannot continue to vote time and time again to violate the spending limits we agreed to. no wonder the american people are unhappy with us. this is irresponsible. we can find the $9 billion or whatever we need to fund the -- any program in this bloated government of ours. but no, it won't even be discussed. there is no discussion about finding honest reductions in spending where money is wasted to pay for a current need. we just come up with a plan that gimmicks the spending and adds to the long-term debt of the united states. so in conclusion, i would say that there is -- it is quite clear that this legislation, the unemployment extension, will add to the long-term debt of the united states. the presidi