Daniel Akaka actually said...

I have long been concerned that contractors at DHS and elsewhere are performing inherently governmental functions, work that should be done ...

We really need to get our hiring processes in order, so we can attract the best people into the Federal Government.

We need to rethink how we are actually going to deliver services to the individual veteran.

I think that S. 3348 is a great example of that, a small procedural change that we can do to cut the red tape.