well, let me postlate if o.t.a. had been functioning in recent years, we could have expected helpful relevant reports on preparing for global pandemics. congress might well have required that there be communications in mine, such as the sayingo mine. -- such as the sago mine. mr. hastings: i hope that the gentleman will recognize the gentlelady from florida. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. holt: the sago mine would have allowed the miners to get out alive. i would have expect we would have better legislation dealing with corn-based ethanol. i believe that we would have recognized through o.t.a. studies the overdependence of the financial sector on mathematical models. we are missing out on a lot, mr. speaker, but it is -- i've decided that in my exacerbation, as i wonder why in the world congress would deprive itself of this useful tool, i decided that the very reason we need o.t.a. are discomfort with things science and technological. our inability to deal with such things i