You have certainly raised the important question of funding mechanisms. I'd like to reassert that ultimately, we need to find a funding mechanism for your office so that you don't have to come and beg for money and we don't have to be shy about talking about the kind of budget that will be required for the scope of your work. Essentially, we need to depoliticize it.
Would you care to comment on what the best possible funding mechanism for predictable, adequate funding might look like?