Patrick Leahy actually said...

I can only imagine how awful both of you gentlemen must feel, and your colleagues, because you got the news first.

I have great confidence in both of you in maintaining the readiness and the review.

You were very forthright and candid about these problems, and I agreed with you on the problems on the budget.

I started raising years ago the question of what has happened with white-nose syndrome, putting money into various budgets on it.