I'm concerned about the budget. I'm not saying I won't approve it, but nobody else had an opportunity to bring witnesses to that meeting. Nobody approved that meeting in advance. Here we are, being asked to approve a budget of $5,000 afterwards.
I know a witness was brought in from California and had a plane ticket, yet other committee members weren't advised about that until an hour before the meeting.
I'd just like to put on the record my concerns about how that all played out. I don't think it's fair to come to the committee and ask us to approve a budget after the fact when nobody knew that the meeting was even going to happen.