01/07/2009
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"Well, my belief is that an 18-month extension shows our commitment to continuity."
"I want to get to that transformational bill. But I recognize...we have to figure out a way to replenish it."
"Just to make it clear so that we do not send a mixed signal from the Chairman and the Ranking Member, we plan to mock up a clean extension, for 18 months, the week of the 20th of July."
"We will do both. We will solve our short-term crisis and we will have a long-term bill that everyone is going to be proud of."