Thank you, Senator Shaheen. It's a pleasure to be here today, and I thank you for chairing this hearing on a number of water and power measures.
I was a big fan of that. I was in high school when it passed, and I had great optimism for it.
We can't speak now for what successive Congresses will do.
I think tying the spending reductions to the debt limit increase is very important.
I trust that your children are experts by now in the rule against perpetuities, the doctrine of worthier title, and the ...
Don't you think we could benefit from moving toward a simpler tax code?
We have talked a lot about R&D tax credits today, and I understand the allure that those credits hold for this industry.
I wonder whether we could not benefit from an effort to simplify our tax system.
Utah is also a state with a strong interest in the life sciences. We have got 600 different life sciences companies in U...
And the entire time the clock is ticking.
I always try to look at areas within government where we could simplify and roll back things that government does.