Until Congress can demonstrate to the American people that it can work in a bipartisan way to solve real problems, I believe that including this language in the approps bill to block a proposed pay raise for Members of Congress is just the…

we would love to have the information at our fingertips sooner rather than later.

But this is something that we think is very, very special. The projects that you spearhead are important.

But whatever we give is going to be all we can give, and it is not necessarily a sign of our passion.

We are talking to all the different agencies and offices about this with regard to childcare.

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.

I may nominate her to be Secretary of Defense. Imagine what she could squeeze out of that budget.

And that is at the heart of the value that you provide and one of the reasons we want to figure out how to continue to expand this.

We want to make sure everyone is functioning at peak performance, and that includes taking care of yourself.

We need to protect and strengthen that capacity.

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