"I look forward to working with the Administration and my colleagues in the Senate to ensure that the IC's total workforce is properly balanced to further its important mission."
"I look forward to working with you on these issues."
"I think that your commitment will be tested in the months to come because there are those who, I think in a myopic way, focus on reducing the size of the Federal Government and what they really mean i..."
"Our oversight is intended to help ODNI focus on finding an appropriate balance of contractors and Federal workers across the IC."
"Would you elaborate on the line of concerns and corrective actions that should be implemented?"
"Mr. Haugland, the Inspector General's report finds that ODNI is not managing its acquisition personnel."
"The Intelligence Community has played a critical role in keeping us safe in the decade since the September 11, 2001 attacks."
"He is going to get it right and he is going to work on what is inherently government and adhere to that."
"if arbitrary reductions in the size of the Federal workforce are put in place, we could have a situation, as we have unfortunately seen in the past, where agencies turn in an unjustified and unthought..."
"In our view, the very fact that the Secretary is allowed by statute to waive the restriction suggests that Congress did not view the function as inherently governmental per se."
"The IC must exercise sufficient oversight to make sure those tasks are completed by a Federal worker."