the eitc, 27 million people affected. the child tax credit, 24 million. the american opportunity tax credit, education, 12 million. the $310 billion is three times the amount spent on education, job training, social services in a full year. nondefense discretionary is now just about 3% of g.d.p., as low as it's been in decades. so any permanent r.n.d. has to be done comprehensively, not piecemeal and unpaid for it. to do it this way is fiscally irresponsible, i think it's hypocritical and it's programmatically dangerous. so i oppose this rule and i hope everybody who is thinking of voting yes, including on the republican side, will think back at what they -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional 30 seconds. mr. levin: thank you, at what they have said before, what they've said before about the deficit. and i hope we democrats will think, we're for this incentive r.n.d. it needs to be done comprehensively, not piecemeal, threatening so many of the programs that benefit so many americans. i yield back. the speaker pro tempor