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bennett for his work with me in developing the legislation. let me, perhaps, as i begin, rather than end, thank the staff of the subcommittee scott omallia on therity, doug clap and molly barakman and many staff on both side that have worked very hard putting legislation of this type together. it is not easy. i think working with limited resources at a time when we have relatively difficult circumstances to try to deal with the federal budget deficits and other issues, we've put a bill together that is, has garnered bipartisan support. the allocation for this bill is just under $34.3 billion. with scorekeeping adjustments it comes down to about $33.75 billion. and the total funding for our bill is 1.8% less than the president's budget request and just 1.4% over the year 2009 regular energy and water bill. that means there is a very modest increase for the programs in this legislation. let me say generally this legislation deals with the energy programs across this country. and the water programs across the country. energy and water are very important to this country's long-term future t has to do with jobs and with the economic health of our co