I think the test has to be, is it good for the country.

And if we are not investing in infrastructure in America, we are making a big, big mistake.

I think we have to apply the additional test now, is it being paid for, because we cannot just add to the charge card when we are borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend.

I want to commend you--and I may have to come back, in my next 5 minutes, to you, Ms. Chrisler.

What do you want? What don't you want? And there's an associated cost or reduction that goes with it.

I look forward to working with you, as the Chairman, on this subcommittee.

We believe that any reduction in our funding below current levels would be a false economy.

We have to be mindful of those security requirements, too.

It certainly is a time when we want business to invest here at home.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Some are deferred maintenance, many of them. They need to be addressed.

You're operating on a computer system that requires, as I understand it that each of your employees use two computers.

I think that's absolutely the right approach. And I appreciate that.

I think that's right on. I mean, I would have to see your reaction across the board. I think it is right on.

This is why it is essential that we get out of this rut that we are in and just kicking the can down the road, for whatever purpose.

So, the real issue is just programming, building an adequate firewall for that secure information.

Do they, in essence, act as a service bureau, where you just pay them a fee out of your budget for the use of their time on their servers and their computers?

That's actually deferred projects. So, this $128,982,000 is--that's what's coming someday, not----