What do they actually do to protect the public, which is their number one job, and not employees who don't do their job?
Madoff's caper was not caused by any lack of laws, rules or Federal employees; it was caused by a lack of employees who were willing to do t...
I share Mr. Lipinski's view that we must on an ongoing basis do a better job with strategic thinking and planning to maintain the competitiv...
I look forward to working with Mr. Lipinski and all of my colleagues to make sure that that is the case.
We were able to work together to get a bill through the House before and I am sure we can work together to do it again.
The administration's manufacturing initiatives fully recognize that the future for U.S. manufacturing will only be successful if the America...
I think we can all agree that we want a stronger manufacturing sector.
And you think that is a good idea. And as I understand it, insurance is basically an actuarial assessment of risks...
One of the biggest obstacles has been the permitting process for environmental impact studies.
The day after they----
For God's sakes, let us do it. Tell us what we can do to be partners to change this in a way that it works.
We are all in agreement that we are just south of 400 days in the cycle of an applicant being processed.
Is it time for us to start over again, to take a blank sheet of paper and say, How do we design this in a way for the benefits of the servic...
We have been very open about saying that this is a system that needs significant improvements.
I would ask, would you share with us the data that shows us that 60-day average for payment?
I thank my colleague. Madam Chairman, thank you for this hearing, and Mr. Gingrich, I share your cold. It is not fun.
But the reality is that we have got a broken system, and we are 5 years into it.
that's a long time for servicemembers to be held in limbo--not knowing whether their military careers are over.
