Mike Thompson: “I want the Senator to be aware, if he is not, that my reference was meant to be with regard to staffing, not with regard…”

“I want the Senator to be aware, if he is not, that my reference was meant to be with regard to staffing, not with regard to making the recommendations that they have made. It was with regard to carrying out the bill once it has been enacted. It has to do with personnel, people appointed by the President and confirmed. My concern is, these various departments, they have a skeleton crew of people that fit that description. So my reference to a lack of staffing has to do with their ability to effectuate the appeals process, and what have you, once this is enacted.”