John Myers: “what the gentleman speaks he speaks firsthand, because Rocky Flats in his State is one of the worst in the country as…”

“what the gentleman speaks he speaks firsthand, because Rocky Flats in his State is one of the worst in the country as far as environmental cleanup. The committee has been well aware of the problem there. We have been trying to clean that up for the last several years. We finally, I think, are making more progress today. However, the committee has realized that almost a $1 billion increase each year occurs in the environmental restoration and the clean-up, and it is a very serious problem this committee and the country faces, but we have not had much success that the gentlemen has been addressing here as far as DOE is concerned. What we have done, without prejudice to the future, we have said, ``Look, you have to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your clean-up,'' This is what we are trying to do here. We will work very closely with the gentleman to make sure we do get the most bang for our buck.”