mr. salt. a lot of this money, very small amounts of this money -- has gone out and there's huge pots of money that doesn't seem to be moving that quickly on. in a situation that we face we should have looked to minnesota and the i-35 bridge and how much are we doing at the gsa? and i don't think we're doing much and i don't know if we're doing anything at the design-build at the corps of engineers and it seems to me with this stimulus money this is the time to employ that strategy so can you talk about how much design-build you've put out there? my understanding it saves maybe 20 to 30% to the time that it takes when you go through the normal process. so either of you want to take that first -- what are we doing on design-build? >> traditionally gsa has not used design-build extensively with you with recovery acts -- the majority of projects will be design-build projects. >> what kind of -- >> i was searching through -- >> it would seem to me -- this is a situation where we need to employ thi

mr. salt will come back. you first came before this committee you had a hard time. you weren't very candid and i appreciate that. >> thank you sir. chairman oberstar and ranking member mica and members of the committee i am acting as secretary of the army for civil works thank you for the opportunity to testify again and discuss the army implementation of within the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. the accomplishment of the projects through the recovery act finding is can to retain to the nation's eighth become a economy and darman and quality of life there provides funding to achieve the results of the development and restoration of related resources. and also supports permit activities for protection of the regulated waters and wetlands and cleanup sites contaminated as a result of the early efforts to develop atomic weapons. discretionary funding for the civil works and recovery act is four.6 billion provided in six accounts within the total program, the majority of funds was provided to the operation and maintenance and construction. as of july 17

elizabeth's father ed smart joining us from salt lake city. good morning, mr. smart. >> good morning. >> were you surprised to hear that a girl who had access to phones and the outside world remained captive for 18 years? >> no, not at all. i don't agree with your fellow there on stoke home syndrome because i think that in many cases, these children do try to escape, and after numerous attempts they feel it's hopeless, and so they try to survive. and that's not necessarily bonding with these monsters. i know elizabeth did not bond with them. and i resent very much people talking about her moving over, the point being they're liz beth wrote in this diary and said that she did not like them, that she was not attached to them, and that she loved her family. so i resent very much that people say it's the stockholm syndrome. it is a matter of survival. when you've been abducted, you know what they're capable of doing. you know, when you're assaulted, when you're molested, there is, you know, no question that this person is capable of doing many things. that does not

mr. salt will come back. you first came before this committee you had a hard time.and you weren't very candid and i appreciate that. >> thank you sir. chairman oberstar and ranking member mica and members of the committee i am acting as secretary of the army for civil works thank you for the opportunity to testify again and discuss the army implementation of within the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. the accomplishment of the projects through the recovery act finding is can to retain to the nation's eighth become a economy and darman and quality of life there provides funding to achieve the results of the development and restoration of related resources. and also supports permit activities for protection of the regulated waters and wetlands and cleanup sites contaminated as a result of the early efforts to develop atomic weapons. discretionary funding for the civil works and recovery act is four.6 billion provided in six accounts within the total program, the majority of funds was provided to the operation and maintenance and construction. as of july