I do not know that this is a smart thing to do. But if it is not perfect, make it better.
From the first panel, it seemed like the direction we were moving was trying to bring these contracts into smaller bite-...
But, if we were to totally Federalize it, we would have to hire tens of thousands of employees. Is that correct?
I appreciate your holding this hearing. This was very informational, and I think important.
That kind of speaks to really defining the scope of the project.
Well, unfortunately, in the scheme of things, that is not that big a number in terms of what we are spending.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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?
We are doing a fantastic job of shattering the reputation of this committee and of Congress.
Because I want to find out how often--if the certification is granted, are there surveillance audits on a regular basis?
