Well, after I became chairman, they asked me, the air traffic controllers said this is a skewed study, this isn't right, they didn't ask the right questions.

Can you tell me how many positions have been eliminated and what taxpayer dollars we can expect from that consolidation or elimination of programs?

We have $3 billion in annual expenditures for IT in your Department and we have 400 information systems; some duplicative, some archaic, some obsolete.

We could eliminate food service. Do you think anyone would starve between here and New York?

the Committee has worked on this, he has proposed legislation that has lagged in adoption and it can solve some of these problems.

Well, when that issue was brought up, in fact, Mr. Connolly and I did have a brief discussion. We need to look at that and, actually, our committee has jurisdiction.

The Honorable John Mica, a Member of Congress from the State of Florida, Opening Statement.

Thank you for your testimony. And we will hold questions.

If we can leverage those people in a way that can be leveraged across agencies, I think we would do ourselves good.

We need to not just talk about it, do something about it, and we are both committed to that.

it is extremely important, especially as we face in the next matter of hours, a very difficult time with our Nation's finances