Let me ask you a quick question. In your opening statement, if I heard you correctly, you said $13 million of this request was non-reoccurring?

Yes, I agree with that, and I do see when you are sort of tied with another agency how it is difficult to unwind and something could be much more expensive for you as well.

I would encourage the direction that you are going and associate my feelings with the ranking member.

What is the need for 99 additional FTEs? That is a pretty large increase.

Thank you very much. Good news on the Dome, absolutely. We look forward to seeing it restored to its beauty. It is a wonderful symbol of our freedoms.

So, would you put this in the category that you spoke about in your opening statement where it is serving the immediate rather than trying to tend to the needs of the future?

Thank you, Mr. Ayers, to you and all the staff of the Architect of the Capitol for your time today.

I want to thank the ranking member for his service, but also for his attention to all the details that are going on. He does a great job. So, thank you.

I was honored to attend the Sample Return Robot Challenge, winner level 2, which again was at WVU.

We are still falling short in our STEM education.

She is a wonderful champion for many things, one of which is NASA.

I think most of you have mentioned that what you need is the Federal minimum standard nobody has a problem with; it is the implementation aspect of it.

And I would just finally note that you participated or agreed to participate with OSM to develop the new stream buffer rule.

I think as it pertains to this, the objective of maybe revisiting the relationship between the service secretaries and the Service Chiefs and the Secretary may not be as related to the question of whether COCOMs have the majority influence.

I expect and my wife demands that we provide a safe and secure environment for our children.

President Obama's fiscal year 2017 defense budget request does little to relieve that burden.

The U.S. military remains the most ready and capable fighting force in the world.

We are going to be open-minded and try.