What caused the change, three things. One, simply the tough budget environment that we all find ourselves in.
Mark Pryor
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Mark Pryor is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and infrastructure during his tenure. Pryor was known for his moderate stance and worked across party lines on various legislative initiatives. He was re-elected in 2008 but lost his bid for a third term in 2014, marking the end of his Senate career.
We need to get it right. We need to keep America and globally competitive and to stay on that front edge of the global economy.
What Senator Carper is doing and Senator Coburn is doing is oversight, which is really the role of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House.
I will put an opening statement in the record but I just want to say thank you for doing this and thank all of you for your leadership on this.
I would like to continue to work with you to make sure we get the right workload there and keep that capability.
And I guess my next two questions are, why is it not already final, because you've been working on this for a long time, and it seems like the evidence is steering you in that direction? So why is it not already final? And then, when do…





