Mr. Sword, you're quite right. In fact, our staff put together the inventory of all energy and resource projects awaiting federal approval right now, and the number is actually $20 billion. Most of it is natural gas-related; there's some oil and some other mining, but $20 billion is just sitting in the queue.
The investors are twiddling their thumbs. The workers are sitting there, waiting around for the phone to ring to hear that their project has been approved. Meanwhile, we hear that we need more industrial subsidies for this latest buzzword-filled idea, when what they could really do if they wanted stimulus is to approve that $20 billion of real projects. Do you agree with that characterization?