The Coalition supports S. 260, Senator Nelson's bill, to end the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation offset to the Survivor Benefit Plan.
Well, clearly, cutting mid-term has ramifications that could be draconian.
Dr. Billington, you mentioned that if you have subscriptions and you stop them for 1 year, it's not as though you lost 12 volumes, or, 12 is...
Do you see the opportunity, then to be able to continue to grow at the same level that you've enjoyed in the last couple of years?
We want more information, but we want to pay less for it.
Is it possible that there are some other things that could be held back, pushed into the future, to address a lower request for 2012?
I think that it's important to point out that every agency of Government is going to be faced with the problem of how to continue to operate...
We're our own worst enemy in that regard.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you gentlemen for being here today.
But condition alone will only be part of it because mission requirements would be equally or, in many cases, more important?
One thing that I've found not just in this position, but also as Governor is that the more I knew about a program, the harder it was to cut.