Rob Bishop: “I guess kind of in opposition. It really is not in opposition to the amendment in and of itself, except it illustrates…”

“I guess kind of in opposition. It really is not in opposition to the amendment in and of itself, except it illustrates some of the problems the Democrats have in creating this approach to an energy policy coming through here, because the inspection fees that we have mandated by the amendment, if you tack it on to the bill itself, really are based on politics and not the cost of the administration of this particular inspection. In fact, it actually no longer becomes a cost of a service; it actually becomes a tax levied on the committee. What it illustrates is a deeper problem on how the Democrats decided to put these three bills up here on their energy week, and it also maybe indicates why they don't really expect it to go any further, because the offsets are so bizarre. In each of the bills, the Democrats have decided to use--the rules require an offset. In each of the bills, there is a different offset that is required. For the one that we will talk about tomorrow, it is going to be $900 million. I think this one is $400 million. The next one is $200 million. And in each bill, the Democrats have decided to use the same offset to pay for each bill. Now, ironically, if you did the one tomorrow and then you paid for the bill with that offset, then you would have taken that off the table. But that is not good enough here. Now we are using that same offset money to pay for this particular bill. I am sorry.…”