Don't you think Americans have a right to know which financial institutions are providing you their financial data?
I actually would agree with that component of it. But we always have a balance with the private sector and our governmen...
That is right. Because Americans don't want you to have their financial data.
Now that I am a Senator, I actually use the Census Web site more than I did as a private citizen.
I appreciate your holding this hearing. This was very informational, and I think important.
From the first panel, it seemed like the direction we were moving was trying to bring these contracts into smaller bite-...
That kind of speaks to really defining the scope of the project.
To me, that makes sense.
So, from what you have seen as an Inspector General in the Federal Government, do you think the Federal Government--what...
I think it is easy in a situation like this to come into a hearing with a bias one way or the other.
all options ought to be on the table.
We are trying to really take care of prior mismanagement back when the environment was not even considered.
It is Hanford where we are actually getting leakage right now, too, isn't it?
Who primarily drives those changes? Is that from the Safety Board? Is that the government?
That is definitely heightening the concern in trying to speed this process up to address that fact.
The problem we are facing here with cleaning up the nuclear waste from our weapons programs is literally a once in the s...
But, if we were to totally Federalize it, we would have to hire tens of thousands of employees. Is that correct?
It would be my concern if you have a Safety Board--again, I think we are all concerned about safety--but if they are ope...