I was impressed with your testimony. I, in a prior life, ran a Federal agency, and at the time, the important issue was efficiency, so I endorse your ideas to make the agencies more efficient.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I was impressed with your testimony. I, in a prior life, ran a Federal agency, and at the time, the important issue was…”
On the recordMay 15, 2018
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Expressing support for improving agency efficiency based on personal experience.
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