The pay system just was not flexible enough to accommodate and remain competitive with the private sector.
I think it is one of the problems that we have with the Federal Government across the board, which is one-size-fits-all.
I think to Senator Lankford, Chairman Lankford's point, how do we get more agencies to get ahead of it and then make thi...
I have been fighting to address these challenges that have been faced by the Federal workforce in the Bakken region.
So, at your level of managing this are you looking strategically at each one of these border crossing locations' staffin...
I mean, I think the fact that there is not, here, plug it in, this is the need, let us make sure that this happens.
We are going to continue to beat this drum.
I just want to mention something in this context.
I am so pleased that today we are going to focus on a topic that is so important to my home State of North Dakota.
Thank you so much. And, if I can just make one point, this whole problem, it seems to me, transitions to our broader iss...
Except what people hear is 'blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.'
I think that is pretty clear. There is something about what we are not communicating in terms of the science that is not...
I am glad that you are talking about centralizing this.
The data that you are presenting and the information you are presenting is not presented in a way that is accessible to ...
This is incredibly frustrating, because the time when we could have been producing oil at $100 a barrel...
You have to deal with multiple agencies, and you will have to do that on their time and go through their processes.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks to both you and the Ranking Member for holding this important hearing today.
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