408 



The function-by-function review, we've heard some testimony 

 about that. We'll hear more about it next time. I think that's essen- 

 tial and key to reinventing or rebuilding BPA and we're going to 

 talk a lot more, as I said, in the next hearing about how we can 

 help the agency begin to deliver its services more efficiently and 

 what services it should most appropriately be delivering. There's, 

 again, a variety of viewpoints on that. We'll discuss that some 

 more. 



I think that in response to one of the witnesses who said, well, 

 it was good that I was talking about the next 50 years, but they're 

 really concerned sort of about looking back. I talked about the next 

 50 years in terms of also looking back and I did — when I set out 

 the objectives of this, I said that BPA had been the engine of 

 growth for this region for the last 50 years and despite some views 

 I hear, I believe it will be critical to the next 50 years in this re- 

 gion, although not quite as predominant as it has been. 



That is the spirit in which I'm holding these hearings. When I 

 opened the hearing in Washington, I said that none of us would 

 probably be here 50 years from today to find out if we did the right 

 things, but people will remember if we set the right course now and 

 in the coming months and the coming years, and I'm confident we 

 can do that. We need to do that because we do share a very com- 

 mon concern about the Northwest. 



So I want to thank everybody again and look forward to seeing 

 some of you at the next hearing in Seattle. Thanks very much. The 

 hearing is adjourned. 



[Whereupon, at 5:30 p.m., the task force was recessed, to recon- 

 vene at the call of the Ch£dr.] 



