Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
I know you and I both believe, Mr. Chairman, that openness and transparency is essential to self-government.
If you are in a small rural area, I think the folks in a small rural area would appreciate a better place.
I think that was one of the most important things that we were able to do in the legislation, the Open Government Act, is to create an ombud...
I think too often the agencies believe that this is a nuisance to be avoided, and they do not treat the requester as a customer.
It is sort of like the Federal Government and spending. Our debt keeps getting bigger and bigger.
I guess you are looking at the glass being half-full and I am looking at it being half-empty.
I think part of the problem is not that it isn't worth fighting--because I do believe that it is.
I think it would be a mistake, a big mistake, to go down that road again.
As long as it's conditions-based, I agree with you.
Yes, I have got to close, but can you just get us and work with Mr. Stana as to--they are unobligated $639 million.
No, no, no. Under the supplemental bill that we passed last August in 2010, you were supposed to hire 1,000, because there was an emergency.
I am surprised that you don't know how many people you have hired under that, how many have been interviewed, background investigations, how...
I think the extent to which someone--and I think that someone may end up being you, General--ought to be able to articulate our objectives i...
The American people have to remain behind our military, and we've seen the consequences, unfortunately, in our Nation's history when that do...
I was pleased to see some modification of those views expressed through 2014.
According to a recent GAO report, CBP had, I believe it was $639.4 million... as a result of excess collections from the temporary fee incre...
Unless we're able to build, to help Pakistan become a more reliable partner... we're not going to be successful.
