Walter B. Jones: “I was just really outraged at the time. I took my car phone and called my office and I said, ``Please check this New…”

“I was just really outraged at the time. I took my car phone and called my office and I said, ``Please check this New York Post article. Let's verify what Mr. Agar was saying.'' Sure enough, what we found out, the New York Post, and not only the Post but also the London Times had both written articles to the fact that based on the Department of Treasury-released report, the 2001 financial report of the United States Government, the report, on page 110, revealed that the Federal Government has unreconciled transactions totaling $17.3 billion for fiscal year 2001. Mr. Speaker, I am one of many on both sides of the political aisle that just really thinks this is unacceptable and outrageous that the hard-working American people who pay their taxes and think that we are the public guardian of the American people's taxes, yet the government cannot account for $17.3 billion.”