I rise in strong support of this bill, H.R. 2142, and I also would like to thank Congressman Cuellar for his hard work in making this a reality today and Congressman Platts who has worked on this for many, many years. And of course I would like to thank Congressman Issa who is the ranking member of the committee. We went through consultation, and of course we worked it out, and now we are able to come to this important part and to be able to move this legislation forward, which I think is an excellent bill. A number of changes were made to this bill during the committee process to address concerns raised by Republican and Democrat members on the committee as well as the Office of Management and Budget and the Government Accountability Office. H.R. 2142 would improve the efficiency of the Federal Government by requiring each agency to identify ambitious goals and perform frequent performance evaluations.
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The speaker expresses support for H.R. 2142 and acknowledges contributions from colleagues in the legislative process.
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