ms. pearson admitted that wasn't the case. if you look at the budget from 2007 to 2014, they have had steady increases. this is this a question of budgeting and man power or the leadership at the top not promoting the professionalism that americans expect? >> director pearson took some pointed questions on the budgetary numbers and ftes involved. to some extent, we have to remember she was hamstrung. she was speaking in a public forum. many of these issues are classified. nafshgts i have just now stepped out of the classified questions of director pearson to answer your questions. and i intend to go right back there. there's no doubt, we'll be following up to make sure that the secret service has all the money it needs, all the personnel it needs. particularly she raised a question of logistics of hiring people. a lot of people apply, but it's a mountain of work to get through them and properly vet them so we have america's very best working in the secret service. >> congressman, were you surprised as a member of congress that

ms. pearson has been completely transparent with us. we find out information through the newspapers.h an open mind, but the more i listened, the more concerned i have become. >> congressman matt cartwright, do you believe the loordship is trustworthy? >> today i think there's good news and bad news. the good news is that this was an exceptional oversight in government reform hearing we had today. it wasn't the typical bomb-throwing event we've seen over and over and over.

ms. julie pearson was appointed as the director of the secret service last year to help restore the agency'standing. she has had a distinguished 30-year career with the agency, and to her credit she immediately ordered an internal review and agreed to testify. with respect to the most recent incident, i have see questions for the director that i know are shared by many people across the country. did the secret service have specific protocols for handling this type of perimeter breach? if so, were those protocols followed in this case? and if they were, do they need to be changed in light of what happened? if the protocols not followed, why were they not followed? and how can we have confidence that they will be followed in the future. i alsoing want to understand what happens prior to the incident. gonzales was arrested in virginia two months earlier on july 19th. mr. chairman, i would like to enter into the record an inventory sheet that was provided to us by the virginia state police. it lists the contents of this car, which included an arsenal of 11 firearms, including sniper rifles, and