And also, you would commit to incorporating the latest data, geological surveys, and technical achievements in the oil p...
My first question would be, do you commit to following through on USGS' plans to continue a new comprehensive, broad-bas...
if confirmed, will you continue the research focus that we have had in the coal patch because we really are doing a lot ...
And then would you also work with my office, state officials and industry stakeholders in compiling the revised estimate...
I do not think you can have culture change without training.
We have a big job that has been ignored for 15 years.
the grave impact it would have on Federal employees if it were implement, and, consequently, the grave impact it would h...
Federal employees are absolutely a critical part of the Federal Government and they make North Dakota and our country a ...
What I disagree with is...why we need to hire a firm and spend $40,000 per hire to that firm.
I trust you to do your job. I just do not know why we need to spend this kind of money, outside a system, when this is g...
But why do we need to sign a contract with someone else to do something that we would expect you guys were doing, in ter...
Maybe you ought to take that $40,000 and incentivize somebody to move there.
We have to change how people look at employment within these agencies.
I think one of the things we really need to focus in on is these particular skills.
I am pleased that Senator Lankford is working with our office and working with me to try and design a bipartisan bill.
We do not want to just bring out the stick. We want to know what that carrot is.
I think it is important, Mark, too that, you let them know that we are asking.
I have felt strongly about improving supervisory training across the Federal Government for some time.