Nancy L. Johnson: “I do want to say that often very small amendments are extremely important. This amendment is absolutely key to reducing…”

We certainly are willing to accept the gentleman's amendment. It is a very thoughtful and important one.

This is a negotiation. And what you are doing is prejudging the negotiation. That is what a motion to instruct does. This motion to instruct is across so many categories that it will do damage to our ability to get the right answer in all…

But we need to do something better than the Senate position, and we certainly need to avoid the additional 2 percent cut that starts every year thereafter.

Does the gentleman feel confident even without any placeholder, should, say, the Senate fail to provide a placeholder, as they have in the past, that we will be able to address this in conference?