As I said, I think we are going to have a problem this fall.

The bad news is, in the opinion of this Senator, that we are going to have a crisis again come this fall.

In the opinion of this Senator, there is good news and bad news.

The good news is that existing circumstances, the deficit will be reduced over a ten-year period to somewhere between $3.6 and $3.8 trillion.

You are absolutely correct.

I would just point out for your folks sitting behind you that the sales tax deduction expires at the end of this year.

Do you see any potential change of the sequester in the present fiscal year until September the 30th?

But, you know, from revenue versus cuts, you have just one to three, one part revenue to three parts of cuts.

Financial incentives of both benefits and penalties have worked in the past.

Does this suggest incompetence on the part of the contractor?

It seems to me that from your office you ought to suggest that some heads ought to roll so that people know that we mean business when we set a contract and set some deadlines.