mr. michael j. robertson is chief of staff at the general services administration and mr. david e. foley is the deputy commissioner of public building service at the general services administration. pursuant to our rules all witnesses are required to take the oath, would you please rise, raise your right hand to take the oath. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to allow time for discussion testimony will be limited to five minutes. some of you have written statements some do not. in other case -- your written statement will be platsed in the record in their entirety. you may read your written statement for five minutes or make other such comments that you think may be helpful to all of us. with that the chair recognizes mr. miller for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, good afternoon -- >> would you pull the mic as close as you can tolerate. >> chairman, issa, ranking member cummings, members of the