… set about making sure that we actually make them come to us, tell us what they're going to spend it on in the future and do an authorization of fees? That is the way it was when President George W. Bush proposed his fee changes in 2001 or 2002, in which this committee fully rejected that and sent them back to do their homework. That would likely be what would happen again if we cannot find a way to ensure that the Americans advance act is fully implemented as part of any reauthorization of fee setting. (08:18–08:35)
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Asserts that a similar situation occurred with fee changes proposed by President George W. Bush, which were rejected by the committee.
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