Jon Kyl: “I thank my colleagues for bringing this issue to the attention of the Senate. Senator Vitter brought this matter to my…”

“I thank my colleagues for bringing this issue to the attention of the Senate. Senator Vitter brought this matter to my attention as the bill was being wrapped up, as a matter of fact, and I told him at that time that while we could not provide an extension longer than the one in the tax bill, I would work with him early in 2011 to help these projects obtain the necessary extension. I say the very same thing to the senior Senator from Louisiana today. I also share the confidence of the chairman of the Finance Committee that we will find an appropriate tax bill early in 2011 to include this change, which I agree we all view as a technical change, that will allow this special financing to be used as Congress intended it.”