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I am a strong supporter of veterans preference in Federal hiring.

The current Federal hiring process we know will not be up to the task of workforce balancing.

That is all right. Well, we will do a second round here.

Without question, some things are changing, the culture is changing.

We need to ensure that government employment continues to be attractive enough that we retain new Federal employees once the economy gets better.

If an agency is looking at its core capabilities--Senator Voinovich and you talked earlier about cyber security professionals--sufficient to maintain the agency's mission and operation, that is not a quota-driven approach.

I believe that every person who works for the Department of Veterans Affairs, no matter what their job, should feel that they are part of a critical mission, serving our Nation's veterans.

First of all, we have got to recognize and address the hiring challenges posed by workforce balancing efforts, and I think most of us agree that the last Administration went too far the other direction.

We must ensure that Federal agencies remain in control of their missions, and I am hopeful that OMB's work will move us closer to that goal.

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

As always, I want to thank Senator Voinovich who has been a partner on these issues.

The American people expect strong leadership from the Federal Government.

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

In theory, the Competitive Sourcing Initiative was supposed to push agencies to contract for services that the commercial sector could provide at a lower cost.

That is the agency's responsibility, to put in place measures, so that the contractors that came in to do the drilling really did have the ability to prevent what is happening now.

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

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

We do not feel like Charlie Brown with the football, as we seem to have every year.

IAVA supports this bill, which would streamline the process of appealing a disability claim and would not penalize veterans for misfiling a notice of appeal.

I am pleased to appear before you today to discuss legislation pending in this Committee.

IAVA strongly supports this common sense draft bill that will allow an authorized individual to sign on behalf of a veteran who is a minor, physically unable or declared mentally incompetent.

Homelessness among veterans is a national tragedy.