But, Alex, the problem is that we need to know in advance what the criteria are going to be. People have been to your office and mine. They've said that even if this bill comes to committee, investment will dry up. Well, that's baloney, and we know it. We've heard that in the rBGH fight.
But in fairness to companies that invest in new technologies, there is a need for certainty in dealing with our regulatory and legislative system. They need to know what rules they're going to have to follow, what criteria they need to meet. In those rules, you have to get away from the emotion. There's strong opinion on each side, but neither side is necessarily backed up by facts.
I can't see going ahead with this bill unless we know what the criteria are going to be. We're going to hear from witnesses on both sides. Maybe we could come up with something. But I think that in order to go anywhere we have to know how the analysis is going to be done, what the criteria are going to be.