We will give you 1 more week to figure out a plan to protect all Americans who visit the Capitol.

Is that what you would consider a major weakness, that it has not been run like a business?

I want to tell you that it is my personal hopes that the Capitol Police become the shining light of the police departments nationwide.

I intend to be very, very vocal and very forceful of the things that you want to do with the police department.

It is not going to be easy, and the committee will certainly give you all the support and help that we can.

I am very, very supportive of it, by the way.

I understand about half of your workforce is eligible for retirement.

This is my first hearing as chairman of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee.

I would like to, and I am sure Senator Durbin would also like to know more about it, if you do prioritize.

I will tell you that it seems to me every 2 years or 3 years the things you were using 2 or 3 years ago are already obsolete.

Absolutely. Absolutely. The losses have been funded by our revolving fund.

I had an opportunity to talk to Speaker Hastert a couple days ago, because I understood that he was not supporting that merger.