According to the data--and I don't have all the data--that I've received, there would be no savings there.

You mentioned some excess capacity earlier in our forces and probably a need down the road for a BRAC, which none of us particularly like and often fear.

I was pleased to see this year that the President's budget request--$8.1 billion for the Missile Defense Agency, which is an 8-percent increase over last year's budget request.

I'm going to shift to another area, to Fort Rucker, Alabama.

It is my hope that the Navy will continue to equitably, whatever that means, distribute work between the two LCS shipyards.

It just changes the game, doesn't it?

It would be hard to intercept?

I urge you to continue talking about it, Mr. Chairman.

Congress wrote the statute that created the Fed and sets forth its policy objectives.

It seems to me that there is a lot of ration off this. It does not need to be partisan.

The current structure, however, has allowed the Fed to expand its reach in many ways.

The Fed should not only be able to answer these questions; it should be held accountable for its actions.