Patricia Schroeder: “Let us get right down to brass tacks. We are about to break for a spring break. Agencies are about to have to start…”

“Let us get right down to brass tacks. We are about to break for a spring break. Agencies are about to have to start laying people off through some Neanderthal way that will not give them good control and good management control unless we pass this bill. We are like the board of directors for the entire Federal Government, and unfortunately, we have gotten too much in the habit of playing little games, kicking those people like you kick a soccer ball, and if we do not get this bill out of here we will be doing that one more time. Everybody has testified that the buyouts are the way to go. This way we can target who we want and we do not have to go through RIF's which are last hired, first fired, or do not have to go through freezes or any of the other things that do not give control. This gives control. It was good enough for DOD, it was good enough for the CIA, and it has been good enough for the private sector. It has been shown to do exactly the same thing, only surgically and well done.”