On the recordSeptember 29, 2010
I would say to the Senator from Washington through the Chair that I would be happy to take a look at this and run it by my colleagues. Obviously, this is not something I think everybody--there isn't anybody here right now--has had an opportunity to look at. We have tried repeatedly to get some cooperation on an extenders package that includes a number of important tax provisions that have expired already, as well as some that are set to expire, and to do that through offsets that reduce spending as opposed to raising taxes, particularly at a time when the economy is in recession. So as much as I would agree with the Senator from Washington that this is an important issue that needs to be addressed--and it is important to my State--I would have to object until we have an opportunity to look at the amendment that the Senator from Washington put forward. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
