Why has the East St. Louis Housing Authority been under government receivership for almost 30 years?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Smith, and staff. I look forward to working with the committee and you and others ensuring that modeling and simulation remains being utilized as a cost-effective tool for our military readiness.

I have advocated for the Federal Government to pay to get the best expertise we can to operate systems and manage operations, attract them and reward people who do a good job.

That just burns me. That is unbelievable.

They would be given first preference.

I have been trying to find out what a criminal referral is.

They are wasted to reduce this. If I was looking at this from a business standpoint, first, I would pass a law that did away with the administrative staff, re-contract this out with a limit and the cost of administration.

I have always said the Federal Government should not be a slum lord and that we should be responsible.

One of the most devastating attacks--well, most devastating attacks I can recall is the McVeigh bombing in Oklahoma.

Thank you for holding this important hearing and following up and looking at the Federal Protective Services and making certain that our Federal facilities are secure, important responsibility.

I just want the record to clearly reflect this isn't any attempt to cut funds, or to, again, do away with research that is needed.

But it gets back to your last point, which was that they were not conducting duplicative review overall within--and that should be one of the primary purposes of the IACC, right?