I understand where you are, and it can be done if there is a commitment to do it.
I think we have to do is look at the total compensation package.
But I would say that from a farmer's perspective, which is what I really am, it does not make any sense to me why you ca...
But I will say that the vets who are returning vets, their appointments were filled within 8 days.
We are talking about the rollout of healthcare.gov and countless other IT projects that have been lucrative for contract...
This is for everybody but you, Mr. Powner.
Good afternoon. I want to call to order this hearing of the Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal ...
if the Senate does what it does so very well, and that is talk it to death and delay it to death, we will not get this p...
This is not something we should screw around with.
Later this week, we ought to have a markup on this bill, Mr. Chairman.
I think it would be dangerous to use it as a cap, because these are the guys that are out there.
if we do not get this bill out of Committee and if things go upside down on our border, we can reconvene this Committee ...
We need to fix it so it can be audited, so that we know what we are doing, and so that these folks have some predictabil...
The reason it is not lawful is because when AUO was set up, it was set up for conditions that were unpredictable, correc...
Things have changed. We have waited long enough.
The reform of the Border Patrol pay system is long overdue.
I am very concerned about retention and recruitment.
Would you agree this would simplify that pay system?