Jay Rockefeller: “[t]he soft costs of man-hours within all levels of government wasted to identify, confront and track these transactions…”

If confirmed, I pledge to consider all relevant facts and public comments in the docket.

That is stunning. It has not been reauthorized, CHIP. It is still out there, floating.

Furthermore, if we are going to potentially burden our government agencies with increased costs that will be associated with complying with the bill, then I think Congress should also provide these agencies with sufficient funding to deal…

I thank Senator Leahy for attempting to address my concerns about this bill. I thank his committee staff for working with my committee staff to insert clarifying report language.