my name is sare are. my son and my daughter soon will be going to -- to alliss fong alternative chinese immersion. i've been following this process and i have to say, i'm really glad to see that the low test areas are getting a lot of attention. that's -- that's my mine concern is that -- students who -- who -- whose local schools or whose communities are traditional lilo test areas would have a chance to go to schools like alliss fong u which is both a k-8 and a language program creative arts charter school and maira loma. at our bus stop there, are a bunch of kids from alliss fong u. i have two questions. one is the information that you -- you have collected so far and so -- generously, greatly shared with us 0 throughout the process on shared with us throughout the process. is to the same as the school transportation schedule that we get as parents about our kids' bus stops. i'm looking at the one i got and -- the information is not -- not accurate. so i'm wondering if -- if -- if in the -- this the --

lot of people don't realize how close the competition is among businesses in the world for market sare. let's say canada goes to 16.5 as i think they are, and we were to reduce our rate to 28 or 27. companies seeking to build a plant along the border, would that be a factor in whether or not they buil that plan in the united states or in canada? >> it certainly would be a factor. it might be a decisive factor. >> a lot of factors. but i don't think it's any doubt that it has the potential to costconomic growth in our country, a corporate tax higher than the national -- the worldwide rate is a threat to , and at this point in history, job creation is so important. everybody is saying the corporatiois doing pretty well. this is happening, the stock market is doing well. but jobs are not moving much, and we can't have tax policies that adepress job creation. briefly let me ask you committee members, as part of complexity, should not we consider the uncertainty of our tax situation, the temporariness of it. for example, we've got the rates just for two years. the death tax is set for two y