On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
I will be brief. When our committee works together in the way they have, particularly under the leadership of Chairman Lankford, we can do some amazing reforms. This is, in fact, more amazing than people might at first gather. For example, this requires something as simple as to have the Office of Management and Budget report what is called the all-in cost of Federal programs. For too long, the American people have heard about what a program costs, only to find out that if you go through all the various budgets that a particular action is spread about, it might cost five or six times as much. That kind of single point accountability is just one of the many reasons that this well-thought-out, bipartisan legislation, led by Mr. Lankford, really needs to be passed today as part of this package of reforms to get a government accountability to the American people. I thank the chairman. I thank the ranking member.
