Perhaps if I could just interject here for a second, there are two issues at stake here. One is the bill itself and the other is the implementation of the bill. The issue is not so much whether it's going to cost money; the issue is whether the dollars come from the implementation. The issue in front of us is whether we are going to support this bill to protect heritage lighthouses, not whether or not we're going to question--well, we can all we want--the Speaker's ruling from the Senate that it's not going to cost dollars today. I think that was a different way of saying what Ms. Kell said, that the legislation itself costs nothing. When you start to apply it is when you spend the money.
On June 19th, 2007. See this statement in context.