First, on the deemed rule, deemed to me is just that we throw up our hands and say we can't do this and it's simpler not to even try.
I provided some information in the discourse that's in front of you in terms of whether you really want to sign off on $260 billion per year with something like 90 hours. A lot of departments are not even looking at their estimates.
To me, deemed—it's a symptom. You have to go back and ask what the cost is.
I think what you're saying, sir, is that you feel overwhelmed. You're overwhelmed by a whole bunch of complicated documents, competing priorities, and an extremely small budget.
Maybe one of the issues, sir, is that we need to rebalance the budget so you have the resources you need to do your job. Yes, it's the power of the purse. I agree with Mr. Churchill: it is important. I think every year there should be people saying we need to look at it; we're not doing our jobs.