On the recordFebruary 12, 2015
I have gotten to sit during this debate, and for the last hour or more I got to listen to nobody arguing, nobody wondering that this is a bad idea, nobody saying that this is something we shouldn't do. When you walk around your district--and me being a freshman, I get to hear all my friends. You know, you never ask your friend whether you are a liberal or a conservative or a Democrat or Republican. You just talk to your friends. Friends always ask me: Why don't you get something done? As a State legislator in California, it was difficult for us to get some things done. I was always frustrated about that. I never liked to hear the term ``ABC''--Anywhere but California. But the reason that term came up was because of certainty, was because businesses didn't know what we were going to do from year to year. That is exactly what we are talking about today--certainty. ``Certainty'' is just not a word that we throw around. ``Certainty'' is something that has meaning. If we are going to extend this for, now, 7, 8 years in a row, it is obviously a good idea. Going back and forth and volleying back and forth saying that this is a great idea, we all agree, we just want to do it on a 1-year basis, doesn't give certainty, doesn't give that reliability that this is good policy, we all believe in it, and we can get what we desire out of it.…
