You are all institutionalists. You keep us safe. You keep the place running.
I kind of understand how constrained you may be because frankly it is a difficult challenge.
I really want to say that you both represent the best in public service.
I look forward to examining your budgets closely today and working with you throughout the year as we conduct ongoing oversight.
If most of the savings occur outside of the scoring window, it becomes a policy and an appropriations question.
I find these increases to be totally reasonable, but not fundable unless we deal with the sequester.
What I think would suffer would be innovation.
We have a policy, obviously, that precludes folks from not paying full time and attention to their duties while they are on their posts.
But there would be fewer officers on patrol, less money for training, if any money for training.
I think it's important in the digital age to remember that books matter, libraries matter.
Well, can I just ask a question? There are several questions.