the most important protocol, though, that we have followed and we will continue to follow is what is in the best interest of the case.
we have to have leadership, and I think some of that leadership is from people that are accountable to the President
the only way to save by consolidating job training programs is by cutting services.
I think that is an important point to be made. Because it looked as if there was some view that this was advocacy rather than information.
the principal effect of underfunding the agency would be to increase the time it takes to resolve issues
Amicus briefing is a good practice. It is open. It is transparent. It is engaging.
This has to do with if we see the $50,000,000 cut.
And, quite frankly, what has really upset me was that basically implied that the people who are trying to put the union together are Mafia b...
I think that is the point. They are not there anymore. Did you know about it? Someone did it.
The only remedy, as I understand it, is by bringing the complaint to the NLRB.
Have you formally evaluated the Department of Education's consolidation plan?
H.R. 1, the majority's 2011 appropriations package that passed the House in February, cut the NLRB's budget by $50,000,000, or 18 percent.
Let me just say in terms of the effect of that cut on your effort to control fraud, reduce improper payments...
The funds also establish a Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation.
I know that the Administration has made improving program integrity and reducing improper payments a very high priority.
The President has signed an Executive Order 13520 to this effect.
I want to thank today's panelists for coming to testify before us this morning.
Could one or more of you help us to understand what is meant by improper payment?