I simply point out that this amendment will cost over $33 billion and does not say how we will pay for it. Another way of saying that is that this is a political amendment to make a political statement without saying how we are going to pay for this kind of reduction in revenue.
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If I might add a comment. It seems to me that if there is that much money out there to get this job done, we might seize on that as a means of balancing the Federal budget in 2 years. I thank my friend from North Dakota.
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