Mazie Hirono actually said...

"Without a capable and motivated workforce, all the changes to rules and regulations will not amount to much."

"Congress can help strengthen recruitment and retention of the best talent by making the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund (DAWDF) and the Expedited Hiring Authority (EHA) permanent."

"While Congress continues to urge the DOD to implement a common reporting application to support its annual inventory of services contracts, multiple challenges hinder these efforts."

"if we gave more authority to you three to manage your programs, would that relieve some of this burden and speed things up?"