"I suppose I take umbrage that the Federal worker is deprecated."
"I don't think you should underestimate people who every day have to deal with the private sector the way you do."
"Well, I particularly want to thank each of you for your testimony because you are the folks that we have been talking about."
"I want to thank each and every one of you. This panel would have had a huge hole in it..."
"I have never understood the notion of savings."
"Of course, we will have to see if that happened."
"The government--and the President put in his budget--bought a building, the first time, I think, since I have been on this Subcommittee that the government plopped down some money, taking an advantage..."
"We understand that. That doesn't mean that this Subcommittee doesn't have an obligation to review what the government has done."
"We are trying to get out of this somehow because we are among those who complain when monitoring isn't done."
"I really see us caught in a real bind here, that we have to monitor the contracts."
"I am determined that the Federal Government is going to reap more from the fact that it plays such an increasingly important role in the leasing marketplace."