Dave Camp: “What we're voting on today is to disagree with what the Senate did to our bill. We're voting to disagree to the Senate…”

“What we're voting on today is to disagree with what the Senate did to our bill. We're voting to disagree to the Senate amendments. Once that's adopted, the House message on this bill goes back to the Senate, and the Senate then is the only body in possession of the bill. And we cannot move forward to resolve the differences between the House and the Senate until Leader Reid and Representative Pelosi appoint conferees. So we're voting to disagree with the Senate. And let me just say, 2 months isn't long enough. You've heard a lot of people talk today in this debate. It's embarrassing that we're doing tax policy for 2 months. But it's not just House Republicans who think we need a longer term extension, it's supporters, including many of our Nation's Democratic Governors. I received a letter, a letter that actually went to our leaders last week, from 16 of the Nation's Governors, Democratic Governors, after we approved H.R. 3630. They called for a swift passage of a 1-year extension--not 2 months, 1 year. That's what the House bill does. And what's more, that's what the Senate bill specifically rejects. I urge that we vote to disagree with the Senate amendments and let's get on to a conference. Let's resolve this this year so we can make certainty in our Code, certainty for all of those people who are out of work, and certainty for those seniors who need to see a physician--for more than 2 months, but for 2 years. December 15, 2011. Hon. Harry Reid, Majority Leader, U.S.…”