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Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentlewoman for working with us on this, and I want to assure that we will work with her. I appreciate her concern for the Community Services Block Grant program. As my good friend from New York knows…
Mr. Chairman, I move that the committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Olson) having assumed the chair, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Acting Chair of the Committee…
Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentlewoman's amendment, and I certainty support the Women's Bureau at the Department of Labor. Many programs in this bill were eliminated or substantially reduced to stay within our allocation. In contrast…
Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois). The gentleman from Oklahoma is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Mitchell). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands (Mr. Sablan). The amendment was rejected. The Acting CHAIR. The…
Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentleman's amendment, and I agree that worker safety is one of the Department of Labor's most important functions. I think, however, we just disagree on the most effective ways the Federal Government can…
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Pocan). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have…
Mr. Chairman, I want to begin by saying how much I regret-- I know my friend regrets that our good friend wasn't here to offer her amendment here this evening, and I appreciate my good friend from Wisconsin stepping up and doing that. He…
Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey), my good friend, the distinguished ranking member of the full Appropriations Committee.
Well, OMB has promised us that they are in the process of that.
Leadership commitment can overcome a lot of existing barriers.
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today's hearing entitled 'Examining OMB's Memorandum on the Federal Workforce Part II: Expert Views on OMB's Ongoing Government-wide Reorganization.'
I am disturbed that the Office of Management and Budget has declined our invitation to appear before the Subcommittee on this timely subject.
Congress should still be involved in the engagement of how the oversight is done.
We need to be able to hear their input, what they are seeing in the direction they will go.
I think, as Rachel suggested and we proposed during the Bush Administration, an independent commission to make recommendations that get an up-or-down vote in the Congress.