Dollars going overseas are an opportunity cost because those are dollars not being invested in America and that has been proved false for decades.
Mr. Barsa, that does not answer the question. That begs the question.
We are focused on correctly, you know, the shortcomings of the contractor. But we also, as the Oversight Committee, need to focus on the sho...
Yes, but now we are in a place where sustainment is the major problem.
I think if they had fully implemented the recommendations in 2015 or 2016 they could have potentially mitigated a number of the problems we ...
So, that is what is unique. The stakes here are enormous. They affect all of our services.
Why not?
I can assure you every single major vote on this committee, since I have been here, on this subject has been bipartisan.
the good news is, I think, for the first time since we passed the bill, there are no F's and no D's in the scorecard.
I think you're absolutely onto that, and I'd be glad to work with you in perhaps talking to GAO to get ready for of that kind of analysis.
IRS had trouble in part because it experienced over a 10-year period a 20-percent cut in its budget, and it was starved of resources, includ...