Charles Boustany: “President Obama has said repeatedly, as has Secretary Geithner and Budget Director Orszag, that the stimulus bill will…”

This is an absolutely essential amendment because we need more transparency about methods and how these assumptions are built into what they are proposing. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Loudermilk).

I have no other Members wishing to speak on the bill, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

We are seeing the costs going up. And of course what the President is proposing is higher taxpayer liability.

I thank the gentleman. The American people want transparency. I don't understand why our friends on the other side of the aisle would be opposed to transparency. All we are asking is that these agencies be truthful and very clear with the…