Pete Stark: “There is approximately a $2.5 billion cost, but the true cost, if the gentleman will yield, is actually over $5 billion.…”

“There is approximately a $2.5 billion cost, but the true cost, if the gentleman will yield, is actually over $5 billion. There is a gimmick in here, strictly for budget purposes. The bill is sunset at the end of 5 years. If the Members can name a tax loophole that has ever been allowed to sunset, then I would say he could make the point, but the fact is if this goes on, the 10-year cost approaches $5 billion, money that we could use to rebuild schools across the country and use for every American child, not merely the 2 rac{1}{2} billion that is in here. So not only is it heading in the wrong direction, there is a subterfuge here that understates the cost by a great deal. I thank the gentleman for his observations.”