"But many of the systems are connected to us."
"I need to tell you that you need to lead with that."
"I appreciate that, Mr. Chairman."
"But just making sure it gets off the critical list would be essential to us because there are so many critical items all the way down."
"We just need to make sure all the locks and everything work first."
"This is not one designed to hurt you."
"We are trying to be able to work through helping the Corps by figuring out the inventory of what you have, where are the priorities."
"Can I recommend to the committee that we have a closed door meeting with the Corps of Engineers and with OMB together?"
"Yes, it is critical."
"The experience you bring here... is very valuable."
"It is good to see you again."