. >> isn't it wonderful we have the ability to rethink issues over time and lookiig at them and think about them and review ttem and consider whether the answers we have given should be revisited. it should not be done lightly, and it never is, but it is a gift to america. what i do is living up to the oath to do it the right way and to know on behalf of my fellow citizens, and i tried to be to our constitution. that is the exhilaration, living up to the oath. >> i think the most important thing for the public to understand is we're not a political branch of government. they do not elect us. if they do not like what we are doing, that is too bad. impeachment has never happened. conviction and impeachment has never happened, so they need to understand when we make a decision is based on the lot and not policy preference. i think it is an open process in the sense this is one institution that explains in a public way what is the siie and what it does. >> we have the constitution and and the loss. they mean something. i think the people of the united states understands us the -- objectiv

tic o>> this is a lot of people lookiig at a lot of data. they are analyzing healthhrisks to the crews, responders. any health concerns sste wide. in any sstuation where you have a response and moving people fast you have an element of risk. that is true on the llnd, and you take that out at sea and you have a tenfold risk factor. there isn't a lot of people devoted to looking at the data are operating. making sure everyone is safe and we ontinue during the mission. the crew health and responder help is paramount to conninue to be effective. >> this is our cafeteria. we'd be between 7005850 people per day three times per day. -- we feed between 750 and 850 peopleeper day three times per day. we offer laundry service. and ou can drop your laundry off 24 hours per day. as long s you get it here before 8:00 on any given day you can pick it up around o'clock. right now we have full-time medicallday services available. you can get a glimpse in there. is there is or been -- if there door is open. it is not. they have people in there riiht now. the

question will be, if $15 million is a good idea, where do we go when we're locking at the $18 billion -- lookiigat the $15 billion that is out there? i think those of us on oversight, especially the subcommittee that i have the privilege of being the ranking member on, procurement and oversight, not only have a right but responsibility to take a look at where else do we have resources that are not being tapped through the american people, where else should we be liquid ating our real estate, put it back in the market and do the magic that the private sector has done for this country for so long? and how much longer will we horde this real estate when we do not have a foreseen or foreseeable use for it? so, mr. speaker, i join in not only providing the resources to be able to pay our men and women who protect us every day, but i also join in a policy that says we will now look at the resources of the american people as being that of the american people as a general welfare issue and that we will look at how best to be able to pay our bills with the resources we can generate by liquid ating unneed