Andrea Joy Campbell: “I might also just comment that, as I understand it, if this 1-cent increase had been for the single best-selling stamp…”

“I might also just comment that, as I understand it, if this 1-cent increase had been for the single best-selling stamp of all time--which was the Elvis Presley stamp that went on sale a couple of years ago, that stamp sold $500 million individual stamps--but if this 1-cent additional had been on that stamp, it would have raised only $5 million. Certainly that is an important amount but not as much as we need. As I also understand, only about 1.6 million breast cancer stamps have been sold so far. So the amount, I would tell my friend from California, that she would hope to realize from what I have heard and seen is probably going to be quite a bit less than she would hope to get into this account. The Senator already mentioned that there are some concerns by some of the Members that there are many, many programs that are equally important--muscular dystrophy, prostate cancer is important, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease--many things that we need to address some more. And I think, as some of my colleagues think, that we may be opening an avenue for all kinds of new groups to ask for the same kind of consideration. If that happens, then I think, No. 1, we are going to confuse the public and we will probably dilute the amount of money needed for any one of them. But I am not opposed to this amendment. I just wanted to make sure that my colleague understands that I am very supportive of her efforts. But I do have these concerns.”