Peter Roskam: “No one recommended closing, but you had two ambassadors that made several requests. And here's basically what happened…”

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding. You know, I think it is so interesting. We are all coming together, various States, to celebrate these accomplishments and to take a step back: how far we have come in the past year or the…

That seems foolish, as it is presented now.

That is right. So, to the gentleman's point, a deduction is a decrease in a taxable liability; a credit is a credit. Once the tax is calculated, the credit is an amount that comes off of that tax liability, so it is a very significant…

I represent suburban Chicago, and we have a lot of small manufacturers.