John B. Breaux: “You all are the only ones to assure that there's balance.”

I will even go along with saying you can bring it back at 5 percent, if you are going to use it for job creation or research and development, for capital expenditures. And If you are going to use it to rebuild your pension fund for…

I will take a few moments to explain my position on this important legislative effort and point to the fact that I have worked on a substitute amendment that has the ability to bring both sides together in a way we have not yet achieved…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you the panel members.

the amount that we have in so many of our programs is just incredible in comparison to this one.