Byron Dorgan: “I venture to say most Members of the Senate are not very familiar with this issue because the bill was brought to the…”

“I venture to say most Members of the Senate are not very familiar with this issue because the bill was brought to the floor and a mechanism to pay-for--it is brought to the floor this morning; I guess it was disclosed yesterday. As I looked at it, it seems to me it is exactly as the Senator from Nebraska described. But even more than that, it is a device by which you bring some money here and say this is really paid for but. In fact, the cost in the outyears is very substantial. It is just a timing issue, kind of a clever timing issue, but in my judgment not a very thoughtful way to do this bill.”