The General Services Administration, GSA, manages more than 363 million square feet spaced across the country in 8,400 buildings.

Let's see what we can learn from what you have done in your State and work together.

I would say to our witnesses, this Committee has a pretty good reputation for partnerships.

Einstein used to say, as I mentioned earlier, in adversity lies opportunity.

Just last week, we celebrated the anniversary of something called Kigali, which is a ratification, it is an amendment to the Montreal Protocol that phases out the use of super-polluting HFCs, hydrofluorocarbons, in refrigerants.

Dr. Coburn was just unrelenting in going after waste in government.

We have disposed of our business. We did some good work on three bills. That is pretty good morning's work already.

We are here today to examine the current use of Federal office space, affectionately known as the Federal Real Estate Footprint, and to identify opportunities for improving how we manage these assets on behalf of the American taxpayers.

Senator Capito, thanks, not just for those words, but also thank you for your focus on these issues and trying to make sure we use some common sense and save some money.

All right, good.

It is really important to set leadership by example.