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Majority Whip Clyburn. If I may, we have had six listening sessions involving all of our Members, and we've done so by regions. And the reason we've done it this way is because I think all of us realized that so much about this legislation has to do with where you live, what state you live in, and exactly what you can expect out of this based upon that demographic.

So these listening sessions have brought all of our Members together, and I have been absolutely thrilled with the excitement that these Members have. Now, we all are concerned. I come from a relatively poor state, and a state that's going to be challenged with a lot of this, and we heard stories from other states as well.

But I think that where we are is we are in a pretty good place with all of this. Now, a part of what you call a massive tax increase will be mitigated somewhat by the type of savings that we put into the final product. And whether or not we can get this product in such a way that the savings that we realize can in fact be scored sufficiently to determine how much money you will need in the -- in the end product.

So that's what we've been doing in these listening sessions. And I'll tell you, we're much, much better off today than we were Thursday of last week.

Q: Mr. Clyburn, to that end, on that point, you're talking about the (inaudible) to offset some of these proposed tax increases. Doesn't that make it hard, though, when those on the other side that point to the figure, the 280 and 350, and the CBO cannot even score the (inaudible)? Doesn't that really make it hard (inaudible)?

Majority Whip Clyburn. Sure. We know this is going to be hard. President Obama said from day one this is going to be hard to do. But that doesn't mean we ought not do it. That's one thing I like about this Caucus. We like to go out and do the h
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