Susan Davis: “Well, I think we saw the leadership coming from President Bush at that time. And because we also had--those of us here…”

“Well, I think we saw the leadership coming from President Bush at that time. And because we also had--those of us here on this side of the aisle, I think, in support, it was a bipartisan effort. We saw that leadership coming from the top; and that is what made a difference, because it was written into the budget. Now, I must say, we weren't able to sustain some of that because of a number of reasons. And we were fighting two wars and then had a number of other issues that we needed to look at. But the reality is that that was maybe unique in some ways because it really came from leadership at the top. It was here, on our side of the House, and the House was supportive. The Senate was supportive, and the President was supportive. So it was really altogether. We don't see that leadership right now from the other side of the aisle.”