as i said, i've gone back several years with dr. kunan and others, and we haven't seen such a thing. if you can get that to me, we'll discuss it back and forth. but i really want to see here that i think would be unifying in this committee is an actual strategy that everybody would understand what the potential is and where we want to go. thank you, mr. chairman. >> just ten seconds. yes, the oe was cut because what we decided was it was much more appropriate. it's increasing dramatically in offices of science and ere. so we were trying to consolidate where -- where we think it would do the most good in terms of the level of program management. so overall, if we gathered up all the pieces in energy storage, it's actually going up. >> senator portman? >> thanks, mr. chairman. and to the question whether energy storage is part of efficiency? yes. it is. and part of using our system more efficiently. earlier we talked about your commitment to a new enrichment technology that gives the united states the ability to get back on the cutting edge

a couple of years ago, dr. kunan, i asked him about energy storage. he said well, we're going to wait and see what happens. and basically we have gone through a variety of debates. i'm concerned, for example, that in the office of electricity in this budget, it looks like energy storage is cut. but i want to set that aside. and ask you what would it take to get you and the department to lay out for us a significant strategy to tap the potential of energy storage? i mean it has the real potential for production and distribution. it's not consumption. it's almost the other side of the coin of energy efficiency. and it could be something that would be backed by democrats and republicans. it would be crosscutting in terms of technology. and yet so little has been done to lay out opportunity for real strategy here. could we persuade you to do that? >> you don't have to persuade me. well are doing that. we -- this is one of the reasons why one of our hubs is an energy storage hub. not only for automobiles, but for utility. and we made it very specific. and