Thank you.
On your latter point first, I understand and empathize with Ms. Roscoe in this particular case, but once you start making exceptions I'm sure that members of this committee would be the first ones to jump all over the government, saying “You can't make exceptions. You either close the loop or you don't.” Unfortunately for Ms. Roscoe, although I do not believe she's going to be losing her livelihood over this, if she was caught in that abyss that's the price one has to pay to ensure that the Accountability Act is as tight and as all-encompassing as we can possibly make it. That's really all I can say about that.
I do want to point out a clarification, because I was in error. It was not Ms. Roscoe whose contract was severed by the government, it was another individual. I want to withdraw my remarks, and I do not want Ms. Roscoe or anyone else to think I was making a statement that was incorrect. I apologize for that statement. It was not Ms. Roscoe who received a sole-source contract that was cancelled, it was another individual.