Chairman Ryan, you are already an internal champion of increasing congressional capacity, as are many members who serve on this subcommittee.

I think they are running a coup to get the Library to go to Washington State.

We are always looking for ways, though, to save money.

CBO has become so much a part of this institution that we may take it for granted, but we should remember what a key role CBO plays in helping Congress effectively exercise the power of the purse assigned to us by the Constitution.

But it was those deeper relationships that were behind the scenes that had a real impact.

We have got a significant legislative/executive, balance of power issue.

And what we want to do is, work with Phil Kiko, the Clerk, everybody who would be affected by some of these, prioritize them, figure out how much each of them costs.

We need to protect and strengthen that capacity.

We want to set the gold standard here in Congress, and you are helping us do that.

I think it is very, very valuable.

And, Dr. Hayden, obviously, your leadership has been tremendous. And I love seeing you.

That is what we do, the lifeblood.