Charles Boustany: “I want to express the same anger my colleague just expressed.”

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…

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

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 think that is a pretty tacit admission that the market is failing.