evan, and william hartzel. on senator murray's staff, john, andy, laurel, colin, madeleine, ally, katherine, lori, sherry, and remi brimm. we worked closely with the house of representatives. i called both chairmen, representative walton, representative brady, talked with them before we went ahead with this, and they worked seamlessly with us for the last several months. the chairman and ranking committees of the house who made contributions included walton, brady, goodlatte, fox, shuster, pallone, conyers, fox, defazio, and their staffs. lastly, i'd like to thank the staff at the senate-house legislative council. they write the bill, they help us write the bill, with all of the changes and all of the senators and all of the provisions. they did a spectacular job. and the staff and the administration that provided technical assistance along the way as well as the staff of the congressional budget office. they have worked literally around the clock. they have worked on weekends to make it possible for us to get through the house, now get through the senate and down pennsylvania avenue to the president of the united