And I do not think the Department of Defense thinks they can get us that number until 2016 at the earliest.
That is $20 billion. That is some significant change.
I will never forget speaking to Secretary Chertoff in one of the very first hearings I had in the Committee, and when I ...
Anyone who believes we cannot find savings in the Department of Defense around contracting does not know the issue.
I fundamentally believe that, as somebody who has had really a 50-yard line seat on contracting for 5 years in the Depar...
I hope that with your leadership we can produce a bill again this year, and I'm going to do everything I can to be helpf...
The agency you head regulates approximately 20 cents out of every $1 spent in America and Americans expect the FDA-relat...
We oppose any attempts to modify the farm-safety-net support levels provided by this vital legislation.
So it's paid for out of regular taxpayer dollars?
Obviously, you'd have to agree that their products are going to have to go through this regimen for them to be allowed t...
You get your way in the Federal Government by listening and working with others, but also being driven by a passion.
I think he may be one of the finest leaders that the Veterans Administration will ever have.
I think we forget that today's Veterans Administration really needs to have someone in the highest levels of the Adminis...
The ability to control the electronic spectrum has become a critical capability for today's warfighters.
I appreciate your service and being here today and your leadership at a challenging time for our defense structure.
I'm definitely not an opponent of forward positioning our troops.
Proper quarters for our troops is critically important here.
I think only our military could be accomplishing what we're accomplishing in the most difficult circumstances.
