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 unthoughtful way to contractors to do work that…

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.

On behalf of the Trinidad Rancheria, the Northern California Tribal Chairmens Association, the California Tribes and my Hoopa family, we thank the Committee for this opportunity to provide testimony.

Improvements to Tribal roads benefit everyone.

It is critical that Tribal transportation programs be part of any surface transportation reauthorization considered by the Congress.

The current backlog to bring the road inventory to adequate conditions is approximately $69 billion.

The annual fatality rate on Indian reservation roads continues to be three times the national average.

Investment in transportation and infrastructure projects is critical to bringing economic development opportunities to States and local jurisdictions across the Country.