John Myers: “let me explain how we got here. We put $25 million, as the gentleman has expressed, last year to the IG. The IG is a…”

“let me explain how we got here. We put $25 million, as the gentleman has expressed, last year to the IG. The IG is a very important function of government, of every agency. We need inspections. I appreciate the fact that the gentleman has shared that they have helped him very much in his examination of the way the funds of the department have been spent. Last year the IG was appropriated $25 million but later, not too long ago we learned that not only did they spend the $25 million that we had appropriated, but they had also had some funds someplace of more than $3 million that they also spent. We were not aware of that at the time we marked the bill up. We have had to cut back, reduce the size of government, so we cut back $1 million here as badly as the IG is needed. So with the understanding now that they used these extra funds, where it came from I am not sure yet. In any event, we accept the amendment because they do a very necessary and fine job. I thank the gentleman for offering the amendment.”