Ron Johnson

Well, that would be a pretty significant control, I would think, from the customer on their contractor--that if you have key safety positions, that prior to anybody--if one of those safety officers is raising an issue, prior to any…

Nothing rude about it. I took no offense. I know we are trying to hustle through this.

And do you have any sense for just your percent profitability?

But, again, when you say tracked, that means full transparency and the Department of Energy being involved in these.

But in the end, it would be the Department of Energy.

I have spoken with some nuclear experts in the past, that that instance has resulted in really a different design idea, that what we ought to do is just put a big ole tank of water over the reactor so it can be filled with any power source.

This is kind of harkening back to the hearing we had back in June, but just refresh my memory.

How do you resolve those things?

I appreciate that you had an awakening 2 years ago, but what is shocking, literally--I have been in business, and trust me, frequently, because of governmental actions, things like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)…

What system is in place right now to address that type of situation?

So, in terms of your contract so far, how much have you been paid by the government?

To me, the government is the customer, and they ought to be in charge.

Does the government have enough resources? Do they have manpower? Do they have the requisite skills of the people in the position to, with transparency, with tracking process, really understand what the issues and be in the position that…

I can assure you that each of these issues is being formally tracked and will be tracked to closure.

But who pays for those resources?

It is a little mind-boggling and a little jaw-dropping that within the Department of Energy, overseeing an incredibly complex--I will give you that--very difficult issue.

But was she in a position where according to the contract, according to the rules, that she was supposed to--that the Department of Energy should have been notified prior to her dismissal?

Is there one specific approach that she should have taken?

Count me amongst them, in the sense that only 2 weeks ago Russia had the President of the Ukraine essentially under their thumb both economically and politically.

I want to make sure we do everything within our ability through the trans-Atlantic relationship to expel Russian troops out of Crimea.

I fought for this appropriation as an appropriator and a chair of this committee and am pleased with its allocation.

Have you developed an estimate of how many dollars or how many Americans, how many dollars have Swiss bank accounts?

OK. In the morning hearing, what I was trying to establish was kind of the obvious in terms of, why does Switzerland have this very huge banking sector and is there value there?

What percent of the U.S.-based accounts or U.S.-owned accounts do you think that would reveal?

But that is going to require us to actually have knowledge that there may be some fraudulent activity occurring, correct or not?