by legislation that needs to be passed. passed. absent that, sequestration would occur. i would urge the committee to do its work within the timeframe available to it. the difficulty of doing that it is substantial. we do not know how much work has been done, how much product might be in place, how many alternatives have been put on the table. they have been doing most of the work out the public view. these are controversial items with which they are dealing. i am sure that nobody wants to be tagged as being for or against some difficult policy options until the entire deal is reache...