relative to usac, there was an agreement between the department and usac as well as in return to services. the question i have is what happens to the government long term for those tailings? i'll strip the $44 million of liability. do the taxpayers pick that up or does usac pick up that liability? i also notice they're looking for transportation authority for $106 million, but i want to know where the $106 million is being transferred from, and i appreciate the chairman's indulgence. >> let me share my feelings with mr. visclosd drkvisclosky. there are a number of outstanding questions, not the least of which you still have $550 million notwithstanding the terms of the 705 loan guarantee money. you just have to believe that's the amount. a lot of that money went out in the waning months of the program's authority, and you, you know, personally approved of that. can you sort of give the committee some assurances that that money and the programs it went to have better oversights than perhaps some of the other programs that were initiated? >> how would like to characterize -- there were some

long-term for those, i'll strip the $44 million of liability to the taxpayers pick that up or does usac pick up that additional liability? and the last question is, i realize the administration is looking for transferred authority for 106 mentors but the question i would have is, where will the $106 million be transferred from? should the authority ever be granted. i appreciate the in chairman to indulge and. >> let me associate my feelings with mr. viscosity. there's a number of outstanding questions which will put into the record, not the least of which you still have i think $550 million unobligated in terms of the 705 stimulus loan guarantee money, and a lot of, yes, i believe that's the amount. a lot of that money went out the waning months of the programs authority, and you, you know, personally a proof of that. can you sort of get the committee some assurances that that money and the programs it went to have better oversight than per of of the other row grants that were initiated? >> well, how do you want me speed is how would you like to characterize -- there were some lessons l