I think that is really important because it sends a message out from the top all the way down that you better pay attention and not be on wa...
You are looking now at 2010.
The procurement people, are they under your jurisdiction?
Mr. Chairman, would it be appropriate for use to ask for a report in 6 months about how these recommendations have been made so that we can ...
I have always thought that we should have trade and tourism with other countries, and we should have cultural and educational exchanges, and...
But we are spending money that we don't have.
It seems to me that we have to take another look at what we are doing.
How much longer we can go on spending these ridiculous amounts of money, especially in a time when we are adding $4 trillion to our national...
Medicaid is the Pac-Man of any budget?
So the point is that for 2010 you are estimating a flat budget.
And that basically is for the public's understanding, that is the portion of the budget that is being used to amortize the bonds that the ci...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank you for holding this hearing to discuss both the progress and challenges still facing the District of Colum...
I must say today, Senator Akaka, one of the real joys that I have--and there are not too many with the economy the way it is--is that the bo...
the prudent thing is, when asked which of these should we be doing, is to say yes, all right, that when there is great uncertainty and when ...
We are facing an economic challenge few among us have witnessed.
Thank you for your time. Thank you for your testimony, and especially thank you for your public service.
I have two very quick questions.
The security clearance process has been on the high-risk list since 1990.
