The struggle is the global engagement office in Beijing obviously has multiple government leaders that are a part of that.

I have constituents that call me that are very upset with the way they are being addressed when people come to their door.

Is there a possibility to have a financial incentive on the auditors themselves, that if they are pulling files that are then overturned, that there is a financial penalty on them?

I would agree on that, and I would tell you that hospitals do not tell me that the money is not enough.

Yes, it is clear California is violating the law. I cannot seem to find any wiggle room.

I think it is very important that those department heads are able to respond to those threats.

I thank all of you.

I think these are all areas we can agree need attention.

I must stay honestly within the jurisdiction of this committee and address these problems through available discretionary resources.

The challenge every judge has, regardless of their role, is setting aside your own biases.

And when we start looking at only one factor, such as green renewables, which is an agenda-driven policy, and we take a look away from what has driven this economy and our energy resilience, I have an issue with that.

What we are doing is you are allowing agencies to... set policy for the DOE and when DOE becomes a source of agenda-driven issues rather than really focusing on making sure that we have reliable and effective, efficient energy sources to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess as under the previous order. ____________________

If there are additional authorities that are needed on that, we just need to know

So give me a ballpark on timing when that assessment might be complete.

not needed for the mission of the Corps of Engineers.

Obviously if we have an area where we are not authorizing or allowing or transferring, we do not want it to be more expensive than actually maintaining it.

Well, that is why we started it early because you know my next question on that is the disposal process.