Barbara Mikulski actually said...

We applaud Senators Brown, Collins, Schumer, and Vitter for their leadership in sponsoring this critical legislation.

We appreciate the continued leadership of committee members Senators Kennedy, Brown, Hatch, Enzi, and Bingaman on this issue.

Well, and we wouldn't because it is not tied to a payment system.

I don't think you want to tag it to, in any way, payment.