I am going to direct this question to our chairman through the Chair. One of the other criticisms of the early version of the bill was not only was it top-down oriented and directed by Homeland Security, but also there were just sticks involved. We were not going to incentivize anybody to comply with the standards that might be developed, but we would just hammer somebody. That is not the way it turned out. I commend the chairman for doing that. Will the chairman lay out for us in a minute or two how it would work? I think it is a much smarter approach. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.
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