I agree on the 2-year--matter of fact, I'm cosponsoring legislation to go to a 2-year budget cycle.
I think you may be covering the same point that I want to explore for just a minute.
I think that's right on. I mean, I would have to see your reaction across the board. I think it is right on.
Look, if we have to compress some budgets, you're going to have to do without some services.
I look forward to working with you, as the Chairman, on this subcommittee.
we have a significant and growing deficit and debt.
I respect that greatly, and am going to work to do the best I can to produce the very best budget.
And are they actually building that security system, or firewall, so that you then can migrate to the one computer, and ...
Your expertise is vital in the process.
we're going to have to find ways to trim and prioritize.
I'm very hopeful that, as we do, we're going to get into a process where we go through that normal budgeting process.
Okay. If you could have them give us that cost, that anticipated time to build it, and then what the resulting savings m...
Well, sometimes you have to go through a series of steps which may make sense or, based on the statute, now that you've ...
That's the list I'm looking at.
I think that's absolutely the right approach. And I appreciate that.
So, the real issue is just programming, building an adequate firewall for that secure information.
Are there statutory changes that come to mind that would help you streamline any of that process?
we have to work within the confines that we have.
