J. Exon: “We have been bamboozled by the statements that an increase is a decrease only in the Nation's Capital. What we are…”

I have not seen the information that the Senator from North Dakota has. I guess I am specifically asking whether or not there were other organizations who hired attorneys or had attorneys there representing those who brought the action.

With that fee schedule that you just outlined right from the Surface Transportation Board paper, how many complaints do you think small businessmen, small elevators, would file out of North Dakota?

I will simply point out that the Exon amendment still allows for a $9 billion increase over what the President and the Pentagon has recommended. I would think, regardless of the technical details, that most realize and recognize that such…

I happen to have the feeling that the comptroller at the Pentagon is a very honest, straightforward individual.