For years, Congress failed to act and it is deeply troubling that what we are now seeing is an exercise in crisis management rather than sound planning, and at great cost to taxpayers.

• 多年来，国会一直未采取行动。令人不安的是，我们今天所看到的只是危机管理，并没有慎密的计划，纳税人在其中付出了巨大代价。