"the intent of the legislation is to be, as was stated in some of the opening statements, a more slimmed-down, more efficient, more simplistic process of getting from A to B to C to judgment ruling"
"Members have been working together directly, challenging each other to find common ground, and discovering that we share many policy objectives."
"The more we work together, Member to Member, on a bipartisan basis, the more we understand each other."
"I think part of our internal debate is really?"
"Yes. My time is expired, but I guess that is the point of a hearing to identify if you want to do a legislative fix to make sure there is greater transparency and give you the authority to do that."
"it is always good that we look at a program that was established a long time ago, especially when there is some interest in rural America."
"wasn't there basically intent that the revenue be provided to be helpful to the low-income population?"
"sometimes large entities are very important in the security of this country."
"I would like to express my appreciation to Mr. McKinley for his longstanding leadership on this issue"
"opening statement"
"We are keeping the bill as a discussion draft because this is an open process."