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Well, has the union done, your union or other Federal unions, done any work to document how that is happening?

So I don't understand how a collective bargaining contract can work at all if there's no official time in order to attend to--so somebody needs somebody to handle their particular grievance.

I really did have in mind that generation of millennials who, ultimately, are going to have to replace--they seem to be very opportunistic in how they look for work.

It does seem to me to be a violation of the ability to bargain at all.

If we're going to have these, have the best workforce in the country because of the nature of the work, Federal work, are we recruiting people at the same level that the private sector is

You mean you met with the union and you all didn't even discuss this?

I'm trying to understand what it will take to make sure that your management improvements take hold.

I do need to know whether anyone can act; and I ask the committee to find out, if there is no general counsel who processes these charges, whether or not there is the possibility, perhaps even the committee can tell us whether it could be…

I was impressed with your testimony. I, in a prior life, ran a Federal agency, and at the time, the important issue was efficiency, so I endorse your ideas to make the agencies more efficient.

I thought that characterization is reprehensible in and of itself. And again, this is part of I think the general assault on our institutions, notably law enforcement and perhaps lesser extent the intelligence community, which is not good…

I think just as an obligation to the American public, there should be an explanation.

The limit on slots to Reagan helps relieve enormous congestion there and ensures safety of one of the Nation's most crowded and critical airfields.

To the extent something is a security, we should regulate it as a security.

There are very few, there's none that I've seen, tokens that aren't securities.

We have some of these outstanding since 2011. What can you do to--since you still stand behind the efficiency of these transfers, what can be done to speed these transfers?

Do you regard their pushback for the reasons you named as worthy of your consideration?

However, in order to truly address these recommendations, we not only need a sustained commitment by the agencies involved, we also need sustained oversight from our own committee.

One constant we have noticed over these years is that the executive branch can certainly do better.