We need to do it with the utmost scrutiny and transparency.

I have a hard time believing that we have spent this much money on the Cannon Renewal Project.

OCWR is an independent, nonpartisan office that ensures that the congressional workplace is safe, free from discrimination, and accessible to the public.

as Representative Herrera Beutler said, to make sure that the information went out evenly to all interested parties.

Sounds good. Thank you so much.

Allowing congressional staff to unionize potentially, in my mind, creates numerous conflicts of interest.

General Walker, your budget request includes funding for the establishment of an offsite location, but does not provide further description as to why the site is necessary.

Is this a $5 million start to it?

I understand that completely. And I think that makes sense, given the fact that we are over 300 down from where we should be with regard to officers.

It is hard to believe that some of those, like, whatever was more cosmetic or artificial is more important than what you just described.

She is the widow of Congressman-elect Luke Letlow. So he was the 41-year-old newly elected Representative from Louisiana who tragically died of COVID before he was actually sworn in.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And we are, in fact, the only State that has been named after a President, the greatest President.

We just hope that a fire doesn't start?

Thank you for all that you are doing in this reopening effort. We truly, truly appreciate it, and I encourage everything we can do to get to that full opening.

The CBO's fiscal 2023 request is $60.953 million, which represents a 6.4-percent increase over last year's enacted level.

the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights fiscal 2023 request is $7.5 million dollars, which is the same as your 2022 enacted level

I would maybe prefer to have a little bit more detail from you on this to see if you could address those things.

I appreciate you and the work of your team, your staff to protect the rights of the 30,000 employees on Capitol Hill.

I just want to echo and ditto those statements, except I can't say Gus' last name.

So we are not getting any like actual fire suppression benefit out of that money this year?

The Capitol has been closed about 2 years now, and a few days ago Capitol officials unveiled a proposal to reopen the complex.

Can I ask just so that--because I am still--I am fuzzy on the different business units. Could you just--is it possible to give me examples so that I follow you easier? Thank you.

I do have several concerns on how this effort is being considered and questions on how it would be implemented.

Thank you for breaking it down.

I don't think anybody here would agree that we should not be wasting $281 billion on improper payments.