So, you are not actually building up a working capital fund the way I am envisioning, in other words, millions of dollars into a working capital fund...

Thank you very much. Good news on the Dome, absolutely. We look forward to seeing it restored to its beauty. It is a wonderful symbol of our freedoms.

Thank you, Mr. Ayers, to you and all the staff of the Architect of the Capitol for your time today.

So, would you put this in the category that you spoke about in your opening statement where it is serving the immediate rather than trying to tend to the needs of the future?

Well, I know in the new location that the Library will be assuming lease costs of $7.1 million a year.

I would not recommend shock collars. I do not think we would be in favor of that one.

This concludes the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee's hearings regarding the budget requests for 2017.

Let me ask you a quick question. In your opening statement, if I heard you correctly, you said $13 million of this request was non-reoccurring?

I want to thank the ranking member for his service, but also for his attention to all the details that are going on. He does a great job. So, thank you.

I would encourage the direction that you are going and associate my feelings with the ranking member.

We are still falling short in our STEM education.

She is a wonderful champion for many things, one of which is NASA.

I was honored to attend the Sample Return Robot Challenge, winner level 2, which again was at WVU.

And I would just finally note that you participated or agreed to participate with OSM to develop the new stream buffer rule.

I think most of you have mentioned that what you need is the Federal minimum standard nobody has a problem with; it is the implementation aspect of it.

This funding request supports the current full-time equivalent (FTE) level of 235 plus an additional 3 FTE, devoted to analyzing Federal tax and spending policies, as well as for health-related work.

Can you give me the status on that?

This funding request supports an increase in FTEs from 3,005 to 3,100, which would continue progress towards GAO's multiyear plan to rebuild its staff capacity to an optimal level of 3,250 FTEs.

Yes, that is---- Exactly right.

Thank you both, and the hearing record will remain open for 7 days allowing members to submit statements and/or questions.

And then how many of those are new people that were hired under the appropriations that we passed at the end of the year?

What is the percentage of people that file electronically? It is quite high in individuals.

I hope you are settling in to the critical role that you now play, and I look forward to any initial assessments that you may have of your office and that you may be able to share with us after a year of being in that office.

I would like to make that a priority obviously. We all want to feel like we are paying our fair share, and when we hear that many people are not, it is frustrating to the American public.

I guess what kind of hardship is this putting on you? You are pretty much full right now.