what the message is that small business is getting around this country is: Look out, your taxes are going up.

I do not think the fiscal policy situation is helping much at all, and I think it long term is a significant detriment to us because of the huge debt and deficits that are being run.

If I could, if we get in another financial crisis, and if the trajectory of the past is a projection of the future, it looks like we will, and it will be sooner rather than later, will the courage exist here to allow those triggers to be…

I tried to put a 25-cent-per-trip tax on them last year to help pay for our air traffic control system.

I am sorry for being late; I had another hearing I was at.

Just don't kill us. OK? I mean, yes, we need to address security--and we will work with you on common-sense things we can do.

We need you to work with us, if you can, because it's an industry that's very dependent upon sensible regulations that can work, but still let the industry be able to fly.

I would ask, just formally, unanimous consent that Members can submit additional questions for the record.

I have been putting in a bill for a dozen years on a BRAC-type process to review all of the Federal Government.

It seems like they are going to, kind of, drag this along for a long period of time if you are not willing to push them.

We really need to do something like this for the totality of government, particularly for entitlement programs.

The likelihood of that actually happening is, say, between slim and none, and slim just left town.