"Why has a proposed security in the House garages suddenly gone through an implementation process that did not go through the normal appropriations process?"
"Why would we partially implement a garage security project?"
"I absolutely would like an explanation as to why we have gone outside regular order."
"This is no way to run a rodeo, and this might prove to be a need that is more urgent than it has been up to now."
"What is the urgency?"
"Yes, they do. They do, and they have their own dorm. Ours is closed."
"What is the timetable for determining why this happened and what the cause was and/or reopening the range?"
"How much would you say you plan to spend to address the problems thus far, and what do you anticipate it costing going forward?"
"But, potentially, we could have to have a reconstruction or a redesign that could cost far more than that?"
"I mentioned in my testimony the Capitol dome project being in the home stretch, and I wanted to ask you whether you expect that it is going to come in at the full $126 million expenditure..."
"Can you address the real issue of reduced oversight on our part if we allow you to move some of those separate appropriations to a working capital fund?"