But we did use pretty good performance data, and I think it was instructive and helpful to my colleagues as they made the tough decisions for some of them.

Good. Well, I want you to tackle it, and I thank you.

It would not leave much of a future for your kids or for mine or for any of our children.

The work that we are doing here, this is real money.

All right. A different question, a different area. As you know, progress has been made in recent years in improving the quality and, I think, the timeliness of agencies' financial statements.

I am pleased that the President has sent us such a qualified candidate for this position.

This year, we are on track to run up the biggest single-year deficit ever.

And I would just hope, as we extend the three-state demonstration for Medicare cost recovery to the other 47 States, that we will begin preparing to extend the same kind of cost-recovery approach to Medicaid.

Given the kind of budgetary challenges that we face, it is imperative that we do that.

Have you all given some thought and attention to another related concern, and that is with respect to agencies making decisions to lease property as opposed to purchasing it?

Was it Richard Nixon who used to say that the only people who do not make mistakes are people who do not do anything?