"together we can deal with the challenges that we have ahead of us; I look forward to that."
"I believe that many agencies need to take a more proactive approach to recruitment."
"To attract them, I think the most important change is for the government to become an active recruiter."
"Well, again, thank you very much for your responses. You have been very helpful to us."
"We need a controlled burn through our regulations and through our building that will take out a lot of the dead wood."
"Thank you very much, Senator Voinovich."
"I understand OPM provides policy support to Federal agencies on recruitment, but does not have one office focused on government-wide recruitment."
"Many Federal agencies have limited resources to invest in recruitment programs."
"These nominations are important to us."
"This is the reason we are starting sooner than we had planned."
"I will work with Senator Burr on finding another opportunity."
"We have so much more to do, but we are going to have to work together to do it."
"I am planning to introduce legislation that provides effective tools to recruit, retain, and develop national security employees."
"I am encouraged by your statement on the importance of congressional oversight, and if confirmed, I hope you will encourage greater transparency and accountability throughout the DHS."
"It is good to have you here with the Subcommittee."
"Recruiting, retaining, and developing the next generation of national security employees is critically important."
"Well, thank you very much for your responses. It will be helpful to this Subcommittee, and I want to thank you for being here today and wish you well in your future work."
"I want to say aloha and welcome to our witnesses, and thank you so much for being here today."
