Are you in a posture where you will just ask for whatever we will give you and you will take whatever we will give you because you could always put it to good use?

Those funds were fenced off specifically to fund approaches to keep us safe in the wake of mass casualty attacks.

I remember, Mr. Chairman, when I was the chair of this subcommittee, and it is a question that I still ask any agency head to respond to: there are the 'got to haves' and the 'nice to haves.'

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?