I call the subcommittee to order.

Despite all that spending, it is not clear that these programs are offering real help.

It seems to me like the goal here is to create a tax system where our companies are able to compete on a level playing field.

The Supreme Court has already decided this issue.

It is the law of the land.

So your answer was no, no one was treated differently.

It offers critical opportunity for trade for that industry, and also for other businesses, of course, in Washington State.

I appreciate that. Thank you.

Children in foster care deserve our protection. But they also deserve the same opportunities as other kids.

Thank you for your testimony. Thank you for being here at all, for the struggles that you've gone through; and today, here you are testifying in front of the United States Congress. Congratulations on your upcoming career.

And so, if we could just change the way we think and just say does this make the kid's life easier or harder?