Right on the money. Thank you.

Well, that is nice to hear. I feel very fortunate to have the folks around me, and I know I speak for my colleagues on the Subcommittee.

We need to address the problem from the start, at the point that records are created.

You get a prize for coming the furthest to today's hearing.

I have about 300 more questions here. I am not going to read them all, but I am going to submit maybe a couple more questions for the record.

All right. Well, I expect if you are confirmed, we will want to follow up on this...

In football, they do audibles with the quarterback at the line of scrimmage, so maybe we will do one of those.

We could be your back-up.

Instead of thinking of ways to prevent over-classification, agencies seem to classify first and ask questions later.

I think you and I discussed this briefly a couple of weeks ago...

One way to save a lot of time and money, as we all know, is to catch problems before they spiral out of control.

That is a great statement.

It does not allow citizens to hold our government as accountable as they otherwise might be able to.

Senator Carper. Very well. Thank you.

I do that as a Senator--whether it is with the upcoming census, tax filings, or even discussions on health care.

We are glad that the two of you are here. We are glad that you brought your parents all the way from Switzerland.

Ten percent of the funds from the auctioning of carbon emissions allowances would go into a pot, and that pot would fund low emission transportation improvements like bikeways and sidewalks.

Senator Carper and I have prepared legislation that would provide strict national limits on sulfur, nitrogen and mercury emissions from power plants.

Since coming into office, President Obama has faced--I think it is an understatement--a complicated set of challenges, both domestic and international.

Just coming out of our markup over in the Finance Committee on health care reform, there was a lot of discussion about defensive medicine.

The first State will become next year the last State to host a national park.

I think OMB can play a part here by putting our energy toward training and education and sharing best practices.

the President and the Congress can play vital roles in setting the tone at the top and communicating to agency leaders that performance matters.

This is important stuff, and we are going to do better. We have got to do better as a Nation and as a government.

Say that one more time.