I may have some other questions for the record to submit later, but that's all I have for this panel.
Well, Chairman, I'm always glad to have Missouri witnesses, and I'm always glad to get to introduce them.
I don't want to keep everybody else out.
We appreciate your past support for initiatives that are critical to the rice industry.
Energy policy should have a balanced approach and not focus on one particular source.
So would that mean you haven't decided yet whether it would just apply to a finished product or have a fee during the en...
This is the big year for MIDAS.
There's a $12 million increase, though.
Of course, as our Nation's debt increases, we have to look carefully at every part of the budget, including this one.
I know in the contracting community I am not a popular person because of the work I do in this area.
If you are going to do business with the Federal Government, I think it is reasonable that you would assume that we are ...
I think most Americans would be shocked to know that we have one now and it is $693,000 a year.
I have never met anybody who has gone into a government job looking for big money.
I do not think our government has been very good at tracking the costs and making sure that we are making the kind of an...
I would really like to take a look at that because I think that this has been the assumption that we have been working o...
I am not voting for--I do not support anymore freezing of the salaries for Federal workers until we freeze some salaries...
So by converting contractor positions to Federal employees, you saved $28 million?
I find it astonishing that agencies do not consider whether it is cheaper to use contractors or Federal employees before...
