I appreciate the responses. Mr. Chairman, I have other questions but I've got another committee that I need to attend.

I want to thank you for the time that you spent with me in my office several weeks ago.

Good. I always like good news like that.

I think we as a Nation have learned a number of hard lessons in the past few years with regard to energy supplies and price spikes.

I heartily endorse, last year in the fiscal year 2009 Defense Appropriations Act, there were $5 million in O&M funds that was set aside, another $5 million in research and development funds that was set aside to study the feasibility of a…

We need that. It is important to complement our standards.

Will we see a leveling off in our utility costs, do you think?

We couldn't use a sign?

Save $10 million. And if we have got a tough, cold winter, to have that in reserve.

But you currently have a total of 21 employees?

I think it is important to note that we do have this on schedule for next Wednesday for potential markup, if all goes as planned.

Okay, the last question, and this also relates to the energy issues. We have set a goal through EISA for a 30 percent reduction by 2015.

I want to make sure that I clearly understand this discussion because I think it is very, very important.

I am pleased with the direction that we have been able to take in reductions of emissions and our carbon footprint.

Now do I understand correctly that with your request, you are seeking another 25 employees?

And I can appreciate that because I think we have all had good detailees in our respective offices.

So what is it that you can't do with 21 that you need to have these additional 3?

So, in 9,000 cases, there was either not cooperation or there wasn't significant improvement?

There is a level of vulnerability in our day-to-day lives that we could never have imagined a couple of decades ago.

Why in the world would we spend the money to fix this now when 2 years from now, we may have a whole building renovation?

There is a level of vulnerability that we have, the smarter that we get.

I appreciate, Mr. Ayers, you kind of walking through how you prioritize what you are dealing with as you look at these projects.

And since that time, the Speaker has kind of upped the ante even further, bringing it to a 50 percent reduction by 2017.

I think you're right, Senator Corker, we have recognized that, as part of a Comprehensive Energy Bill, we would be foolish not to include some aspect of cyber security into an energy piece.

Oh, there was a fair amount of controversy I guess it was last year, it may have been 2 years ago, when we purchased renewable energy credits.