We will look for a signal from Congress that sequestration will not be imposed in fiscal year 2016 and that the funding levels projected in the FYDP will be realized.

The relationship between Oversight and Government Reform and your office so far has not gone well on the House side.

Thanks for being here. We have had multiple conversations in the past several months on multiple different issues that OPM is obviously involved in.

Mr. President, I have two different amendments that are coming to the floor. One deals with the Energy bill. One of them deals with the Land and Water Conservation Fund. This bill does a permanent extension of the Land and Water…

Oversight is extremely important. We just need to know we have the cooperation, and before we move forward.

Can I have your commitment that when we have requests for documents or interaction or for you to be able to come to the Hill in the days ahead, that we could have that kind of interaction?

I want to know that when we make a request, you can come back and tell us, that is irrational. You are asking for too many things. Let us talk about it.

We do not want to have a gap in leadership moving into air traffic control for all of our public safety.

Something definitely changed there. FAA is saying it is OPM. OPM is saying we are trying to figure it out.

That is telling for all the caseworkers around the country that are answering calls all the time from retirees saying, why did this take so long?

I would want us to have a very cooperative relationship. We both have the same job, to be able to serve the American people.

Oklahoma is now being threatened with an access problem to quality, local suppliers with which communities are familiar.

We have to, I think, recognize our responsibility, which is doing everything that we can to keep our Nation safe and secure.

I think that the conclusion--and I think that most of the Committee Members would agree with me--is that our borders are not secure.

How can we assure that there are no shortcuts taken?

Islamic terror represents a threat. This is real. It is growing. This is a legitimate concern.

I am committed to seeing true and lasting reform come from this hearing and the discussions that will follow.

I am encouraged by the support Indian health and SDPI has from Representative Tom Cole.