Tom Carper actually said...

I think one of his central premises was that the role of government is to steer the boat, not row the boat.

Carper emphasizes the government's role in guiding rather than directly managing initiatives.

05/09/2011

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I think every Member of this Committee supports OMB's initiative and effort and wants it to succeed.

This is not an easy thing to do. It is a hard thing to do.

We need to go small. That is the big difference between government and the private sector.

We try to do oversight. We try to do good oversight, not 'gotcha' oversight, but constructive oversight.