So you didn't know in July 2011.

I'm a big believer in the Job Corps program, a big supporter of the program, and I'm hopeful that we'll get some answers to some troubling questions.

I think taxpayers would have a better sense of what happened if you can expedite that.

Tell me when you knew that there was a substantial problem which we know now is the 2011 $39 million shortfall.

One of the things that is particularly disturbing about this is not simply the impact, but the fact that there didn't seem to be an expert who could make accurate budget forecasts or projections.

I want to thank everyone for being here, and I appreciate the work that's been done by a number of folks on both my staff and Senator Isakson's staff to make this hearing possible.

So each of us, I think, has a special obligation, especially those of us who are elected or appointed officials, to focus on those dollars and what taxpayers get for those dollars.

You didn't know that until 2012.

I think there's a good bit of skepticism on this committee among Senators in both parties...

We have, I think, some limited time to rectify this in order to get young people enrolled in a program which they should be.

The mood of the people has changed. Big government, invasion by agencies with ridiculous legislation.

I was never one to back down from a fight, whether the prospects are poor or not.

Moreover, the CR put forth by the Republican leadership this week would further slash funding to areas such as highway safety to below the levels agreed upon just last in MAP-21.

Unfortunately, implementation of these recommendations is going to be all the more difficult because the testimony from the Inspectors General Tighe and Scovel come in the midst of yet another manufactured fiscal crisis.

The cuts to the Department of Education and Transportation each measure about $2 billion.

The implementation of recommendations from our inspectors general can serve to decrease waste and ensure that the Federal Government is spending the taxpayers' money as efficiently as possible.

I mean, it amazes me that we discriminate against U.S. forest products and yet that program, which is a Federal program, promotes foreign products.

I think the 40 pieces of legislation on Harry Reid's desk in the Senate that we sent over there that haven't been accounted for says a little bit that the Congress has been trying to work hard on both sides of the aisle here in the House.