I want to thank you for holding this very important hearing on the WMATA budget.
Seeing some of these people in orange jumpsuits may be one of the best remedial actions we can take.
I would urge HUD and the HUD inspector general to continue to work with the Department of Justice and Treasury.
That which is measured gets done.
Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?
We need to know then how the board then focuses on that.
Do you feel that the climate toward whistleblowers has improved?
I think these were excellent.
I would welcome your--once again, your participation.
Do you have any advice and direction on things that we could actually be doing right now, working with the--working with...
Which then takes me to jobs, jobs, jobs, something that I know we share, on a bipartisan basis.
So, they have to be hired and have their--remember that famous background check----that gave us pause last year, because...
Well, we want to elaborate on that more, because I think you shared, in our office visit, the fact that you actually wan...
Well, thank you very much. Last year, the Commerce--Justice made sure that we carved out $2 million for your office to h...
Yes, but that's not $87 million. So, you want to hire more commercial officers to be in foreign countries.
And we wonder, are we going to see more escalating costs, and then you--or Dr. Lubchenco--has to go to other services, l...
Close to a $9 billion appropriations request, $5 billion of that in NOAA; and of that, 35 percent, this satellite progra...
But, the Secretary referenced that, on March 22, he'll have a picture of how the returns are going.
