Well we're getting better as we go, but thank you for your more than three decades of service.

Well, we would be excited to do that. Thank you for your testimony.

I appreciate this opportunity to testify today and urge the Subcommittee to fully fund NSF, NASA, and NOAA.

Thank you for your testimony. We are not going to have time, I think, for a lot of questions today as I think, obviously, based on the enthusiastic interest in testifying before the Committee. So let me thank you for your work.

It could be worse than that. Us and votes, you know.

I think it was right on point and I was pleased to be supportive of it.

We imprison more people than any other country in the world.

I think that is where the biggest bang for the buck could really be in terms of cutting recidivism rates.

Frank Wolf, Congressman Wolf and I and a number of other members over time have been concerned about incidents inside the prison, particularly prison rape and other things.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me first commend the Chairman for the funding of the legislation, for The Second Chance Act.

I agree with the Congressman that research in this area would be important.