And I am pleased to sit with you, Mr. Chairman, and with our friends on the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee again to examine the process for replacing the Social Security Administration's current data center.

I would like to apologize to the witnesses and to others who have come to this important hearing, and I just want to say for the record that I object to it being held in this annex.

I am pleased to be serving with our new subcommittee chair, Representative Jeffrey Denham.

I think that the blame has to be taken where it is in the Administration, and that's who we're going to hold responsible.

The next time you want to make a point like this, I would suggest that you station Mr. Peck here.

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