do you plan to consult with this Committee on the directive's progress after the initial 60-day review?

Secretary Krebs, what is the standard applied to agencies working to successfully remove all Kaspersky products from their systems?

Senator Shaheen worked to include a provision in this year's Senate-passed NDAA to prohibit the use of Kaspersky products across the Government.

Kaspersky Lab has reported links to Russian intelligence, and it is based in Moscow, subjects client data to the Kremlin's intrusive surveillance and interception laws.

Too often, Federal workforce is viewed as a cost, not as an asset, and training dollars are among the first to go.

I really appreciate how hard people are working at OPM and how hard our civil servants work when they are processing these cases.

the frustration of processing benefits or background investigations or even retirement is unacceptable.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will tell you, this issue is very personal to me.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and to our Ranking Member as well.

Two years of inaction on this front is not going to get the job done.

If we were to establish service levels for getting back to people and resolving issues, that would be a big first step in making sure that we are customer driven.

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I hear from granite staters all the time who struggle to afford their medications, and they are so frustrated.

Allergan's behavior here is unacceptable, and if other drug companies follow its lead, the problem is only going to get worse.

To exploit tribal sovereign immunity to avoid competition as opposed to dealing with the patent system, in my view, is unacceptable.

the patient should always pay the lowest cost-sharing possible for a given drug.

Preparation is key.

I believe rural communities will be left behind if we cannot guarantee high speed connectivity.