Don't you think that is a reasonable request, sir, that we have you act and make certain that this equipment... is properly deployed?

To that, I have to say absolutely they are not doing that.

I think this is outrageous. We are depending on this agency to protect us, not to be storing equipment.

Somebody needs to get aware.

the procurement process is a disaster. We just heard we are buying things we haven't properly vetted.

Somebody has to get control of this. With 65,000 employees, nearly $8 billion in expenditures, 14,000 administrative staff, it has reached critical mass.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4097) to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, today I am pleased to stand before you and offer for consideration of the House H.R. 4097, which would reauthorize the John F. Kennedy Center through…

In closing, again, I think this is a very significant piece of legislation that does authorize the first addition that I know of to the Kennedy Center. Not only does it do that, it does it with the whole expansion being done with private…

Mr. Speaker, first of all, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 4097. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

Madam Speaker, at this time I have no further requests for time, and I yield myself the balance of my time. I started out talking about how it's important for the legislative process to properly be fulfilled under the terms of the…