Rob Portman actually said...

"I would just ask you if you could comment on the unsustainable fiscal path that you have outlined repeatedly."

"If we don't get at that, the largest part and the fastest-growing part of the budget, we will, of course, not have accomplished our goal."

"If you lowered the corporate rate and did so by getting rid of some of the existing preferences and those preferences also applied to the pass-throughs, it would seem unfair."

"Right, some of the interactions. Well, I think that would be very helpful, if we could give you some more specificity as to timing and specifically, you know, which preferences we are talking about be..."