We understand these are large numbers and this is late in the session but it's important to convey to you the magnitude of the problem.

The reality of this situation is that scarce resources will have to be allocated to this liability. That's the reality and it has not sunk in.

It's a problem that will never go away if we don't pay this now. It's like your home mortgage. If you pay now you will save a great deal of money in interest over the life of the loan.

Large-scale public projects require the agreement of large numbers of people.

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.

It could come up if we have a special session in October. I think that's a little bit too late. The senate isn’t back until October 17th. I think that's too late that's a month from now.