I think the public would be very interested in knowing what causes a $300 million delta like that.

I think sometimes it is called a sinking fund or amortization.

We save $300 million by letting it be more polluted.

How does NNSA evaluate the cost-benefit of public-private partnerships over the lifetime of the facility? What lifetime is assumed?

It is just one of those inevitable things.

I am almost wondering if it is budgeting malpractice in Congress if for any new project we do not set aside funding for future maintenance.

What is the cost and safety risk of deferring problems and maintenance, and what are you doing to incentivize addressing and funding routine maintenance before small problems become big problems?

To put this in a more understandable context for average citizens, we had a Treasury Secretary once who said that nobody in the history of the world has ever washed a rental car.

I think the key issue here is whether, in fact, there's a double standard, where some Americans are being treated differently than others.

I hate to see one of America's most distinguished public servants pilloried before this committee.

when a Congressman like Mr. Brooks asks you how we could get savings from the DOD budget, you might want to remind the members of the committee that we have banned the Pentagon from even thinking about any possible BRAC [Base Realignment…