now, doe and ed gutman to update reports. one was the end of may, the first day of june. we only had $154 million in outlay. that is real work being done out of 48 billion. now the latest update, and we will probably get this from the administrators today, 360 million. folks, that is just pennies on a dollar, fractions of a penny on the dollar of what we have made available. now, don't say that mica is saying that we are mired in red tape. let me just give you a sampling of commentary that i have and apart from the public record. norwalk, connecticut mayor, said after a merris conference, we really need to talk about eliminating some of the bureaucratic things that washington forces on the states. he is talking about why he can't move forward with the stimulus package. missouri doe director, pete rand, this is what he said. that are requirements have been taken to a new level. we are going to have to dedicate additional staff even to the recordkeeping and auditing required under these new procedures. madison-- i guess this is madison wisconsin, npo informed their locality