John Mica

We have pilots that are flying planes. We don't know who they are.

Fifteen years later, we see a system that has not complied with the laws that we have passed multiple times.

But where are we? Do you know? Maybe Mr. Wiedefeld can tell me.

I assure you, Mr. Evans, it will have repercussions up here among your allies and your partners.

It's destructive and not welcome.

Again, if you don't have communication, I mean, when they couldn't communicate--and we held funds up a couple of times. I think I participated in that to get your attention.

Okay. So you're about 5 percent. So the smoke--maybe this site that I cited that you can go on and see if Metro's on fire can be taken down pretty soon.

I think it will save money and actually benefit projects that start with non-Federal dollars and can be a great advantage to some of those ports and other waterways that are at a disadvantage because of the distance of the project. So I…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title I, add the following: SEC. 1__. ADJUSTMENT TO COST BENEFIT RATIO. For any navigation…

The bipartisan cooperation has been very effective in moving this forward.

This isn't very glamorous. But just look at the progress we've made.

And then the President's initiative, which I support, better utilization of existing space.

We can take the income, the revenue, just from these properties and turn it over.

The Trump Hotel, that's a public-private partnership. We're losing $6 million.

Two, we don't know the condition of the properties we have.

But, one, we don't have an inventory of vacant Federal properties or underutilized Federal properties. That's a given.

It's just not acceptable. I'm sorry.

I think we've made a lot of progress--unfortunately, in the wrong direction.

This is disgraceful, that we have Federal properties around the country--and the Department of Agriculture--again, went out there, visited, requested that we come up with a proposal.

It is the process. We have set up a system where nobody gets fired.

We have got a few rotten apples in the barrel, and they are still in the barrel, and to me it is disgraceful that we haven't fixed the system that allows you to do your duty to clear the deck of people who need to be fired, removed, and…

What kind of message does it send when they actually get elevated?

It was absolutely appalling to see what took place in some of these instances, and it also to me is disgraceful that the Federal Government could be a partner into the abuse of women and employees and others and let them be subject to this…

Sounds like you're doing pretty well on this.