I want to point out that in the so-called stimulus bill, the majority party has put another $650 million to deal with this issue. According to our calculation, a small percentage, less than 1 percent of the people who need this assistance, have not requested the coupons. That equates, we believe, to spending over $3,000 per household for the holdouts who have not gotten their converter box. That is a lot of money to be spending.
Discussing concerns about spending in the stimulus bill related to converter box assistance.
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