we have had a funding problem. I want to reduce costs.

I am not so sure that is a message we want to send any potential enemy of the country.

I think you are doing a very good job.

You cannot get there from here. Anything and everything should be on the table.

If we do not fix sequestration, we are going to run into infrastructure nightmares all over the country.

Mr. President, we are in a countdown of sorts right now, and it is one I am deeply concerned about. On February 27, the funding for the Department of Homeland Security of our country runs out, and that is 17 days from now. Only 17 days…

I mean, that has to be a top priority of this Committee.

Congress has passed legislation providing them with additional money, $15 billion, but the legislation has to be implemented effectively.

The cuts are deep. The needs are great. And I hope we can work together to try to narrow the gap.

The Army Corps projects are particularly important in my State, and they play such an important role in local economies.

Congress has made efforts in VA and IT, but the efforts need to be monitored.

Congress passed some legislation late last year, the Federal Information Technology Reform Act, that gives Chief Information Officers (CIOs) additional authorities.

In the 112th Congress, I was an original cosponsor of a joint resolution that disapproved of a nearly identical rule issued by the NLRB.

Unlike the glacial speed of D.C., you all are living in a very different world than the Beltway here in Washington.

I am running out of time. I wanted to make sure I asked this question, though, and this is as a father of four children.

So I get to represent the great state of Montana, and one of the things I will hear is when a bureaucrat flies into Montana from D.C. and they say they are there to help, we get really scared about that.

It is a profound issue we have to deal with here I think as a country as parents around how do we protect our children in this evolution.

One of the major sources of electricity generation of which I am aware, which does not create any emissions or harm, is nuclear.