Political Quotes

“To my friend and colleague, Mr. Calvert, Main Street small business is engaging in telework today. It is finding the opportunities to utilize telework where appropriate. Main Street government is engaging in telework where appropriate. I completely agree with the concerns for telework in a national security environment. Presumably, if one was exercising flexibility from a responsible perspective, one would not engage in telework, especially in the national security area. Obviously, we have a great part of our Federal Government that does not engage in national security directly. Why shouldn't the Department of Defense have this particular flexibility? Again, the excessiveness of the amendment and the no exceptions at all nature of the amendment, I think, advise against it. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”