Steny Hoyer: “Frankly, I've not been too pleased personally with the fact that we don't have a lot of conferences. I think conferences…”

“Frankly, I've not been too pleased personally with the fact that we don't have a lot of conferences. I think conferences are good. I think they accomplish a worthy objective of bringing reconciliation between the two Houses and frankly giving an opportunity for each perspective that's represented on the conference to be articulated. And I think this will be, from that standpoint, a model conference. And I think Mr. Frank does intend, as he has said, to have an open conference with full debate and voting in the light of day on various different proposals.”