Thank you very much, Mr. Kerwin. We are going to go to Ms. Wells.
Who is that entity, particularly given that the Corps has left twice and had to be called back?
I appreciate that you have made us understand that there is no leaving, no exit in that sense.
We don't see any reason why, when we are talking about weapons that are a century old, anybody with a straight face woul...
We look to the EPA as the Federal agency for environmental matters.
I don't mind the Corps, the District Department of the Environment, in fact, I think there is some good to be said for t...
But all we want to see is what we can see now. I am not asking to see what you haven't completed yet.
Would the partners have an objection to an independent study? The silence is deafening.
I am just trying to find out who appoints them.
I have to find what Federal entity or independent entity is going to be responsible for making a very critical decision.
I don't understand why that is even a problem.
You are now about to leave. As you leave, surely we could get the greatest transparency possible.
If there is a work plan, if we are now supposed to be in an era of transparency, why not share it?
I recognize the position, particularly that the Corps is put in, in dealing with their own munitions very deeply buried.
What is the national security concern about a World War I munition that certainly isn't anywhere used today?
I want to alert this panel that in 20 minutes to a half hour even the voteless Delegate from the District of Columbia ge...
I appreciate that, beginning in my early years in Congress when I was in the minority, this committee has held every hea...
Neither Congress nor the community has seen the Corps' 2 year exit plan or any evidence that the area has been cleaned.