Number 33, April 2002

Notable Quotes

House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle, commenting on the Congressional Budget Office's economic forecasts for the coming year:

"I have the greatest confidence in CBO, but there's no exact science to economic forecasting. It's just like forecasting the weather. Sometimes the wind changes, and you have to rework the whole forecast."

(March 5, 2002 - House Budget Committee Press Release)