WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: U.S. House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (R) takes questions as other congressional members, including Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) (3rd L), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) (2nd R) look on during a news conference November 16, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The news conference was to call on the Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also known as the Supercommittee, 'to go big on deficit reduction.'