quote -- "my name is jay hansen. i'm a cpa working in minot, north dakota. we have approximately 1,000 farm clients who rely heavily on depreciating farm machinery as part of their overall tax planning strategy. with the discussion regarding tax extender bills on the agenda before the end of the year we are curious to know if you have any insight on what we can expect and when we can expect it. any information you can provide me regarding the section 179 expense deduction would be greatly appreciated." so, mr. president, time is of the essence. we're days from the end of the tax year, days away from the holidays. millions of americans are depending on us to spare them a burden that will hurt their businesses and hurt their families. if we don't act, taxes will go up on hardworking americans, on small businesses across this country, on farmers. and so we need to act. we need to make sure that doesn't happen. and we need to pass the legislation that we have here on the floor, and we need to get it done now. so i urge my colleagues to join together in bipartisa