Richard Shelby: “The remarks by the Senator from Oklahoma are very interesting and telling. I listened to him carefully, and I believe…”

“The remarks by the Senator from Oklahoma are very interesting and telling. I listened to him carefully, and I believe basically he is right on the point. I believe basically that we all agree with the Senator that it is important to reduce the waste and duplication in our government. He points out a lot of it. GAO has done it too. Our staff has met with the GAO several times on ways to address this problem. We know the problem; we have to act on it, and we have to take it very seriously. GAO, as Senator Coburn said, is coming out with a new report. If we work on this, the government is going to be more efficient. We are going to save money, and we are going to respond to problems in America much better. We are a long way from doing this. I appreciate his remarks this afternoon and I hope a lot of my Senators were looking at that and listening to him. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska.”