I have thoroughly enjoyed working with you. One of the most comforting things for me is that we started out about 10 years ago to work together and had an agenda, and after you took over as Chairman, we continued it.

How long did we take to get the 'management integration plan'? It took forever.

Thank you for your work and pass the word on that the Senator from Ohio is really happy.

I am concerned about that.

One of the things that I have pointed out to folks around here, particularly the media, is that they are not aware of some of the really good things that are happening in the U.S. Senate in various committees and how chairmen and ranking…

And the last thing is the resources that you need to get the job done. The problem is it will always get shortchanged, and it just drives me crazy that more departments do not really stand up and start raising all kinds of you know what…

If we do not give you the resources to get the job done, how can you do it?

And you agree that what they have come back with is a good plan in terms of integration.

When we talked to Mr. Borras this morning, I indicated to him that it would be good if you would look at it and comment on whether you think it makes sense in order to deal with the acquisition problem.

I think that the folks that would be interested in this also are the ones charged with figuring out how do we deal with the debt and how do we balance budgets.

I really have appreciated the wonderful relationship our office has had with GAO over the years.