I would advise the distinguished chairman of the committee that we have made a modification on this to change the offset to an across-the-board reduction in the DOE appropriations. Discussions are continuing with you. We would like to have the same treatment for these workers as the other workers who were described in the Bunning amendment. This is a work in progress. We do have an across-the-board offset in authorization for all DOE programs in this bill, but, obviously, we are going to have to continue to work with you and work in conference to make sure this is an effective, agreeable offset.
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Discussing modifications to appropriations for the Department of Energy.
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