You are going to have to do a big job--
I think that it is important that you do a better job of clarifying just exactly what it is that you are trying to get done.
There is a lot of feeling in the country that we are going to have to rely upon the Russians to get up to the International Space Station.
NASA Glenn in my State and the Plum Brook station are unique and a powerful resource for our State.
We are not Uncle Sugar anymore. We are in a little different position.
I think that it would be--I think it is smart and useful and I would encourage at least acting in the spirit of that 2008 recommendation.
Our debt is out of control. It is not sustainable.
Mr. Podesta, did you ever sit down with your folks and say, gee, I wish the Bush Administration had done 'X' to get prepared for us to come ...
One of the main things that a Federal agency wants to do is to please their new bosses coming in.
I just think there are too many positions that we are having to confirm.
The more certainty the new Administration can have, the more certainty that the Federal agencies can have, the better the Federal Government...
Well, I have spent my last year looking at the operation of the Senate and even the government is dysfunctional.
The other one, of course, that Senator Akaka and I are trying to work on is this whole issue of security clearance.
I would like to know just what your opinion is on how important passing appropriations bills on time that is to an incoming Administration.
In other words, there wasn't any kind of guidance that agencies could look to saying here are the A, B, C, D, E, F, G things that you need t...
Senator Voinovich and I have also advocated for quickly filling management positions across the government.
I would just suggest that you do whatever you have to do to drop some of the fluff stuff and just focus on the real issues when people are h...
I look forward to hearing from each of you about the reasons why you think that you are qualified, but I already know that.
