I do think there's a lot of talent out there and a lot of weight upon the shoulders of some of our senior enlisted members.

I think we would all appreciate a little more flexibility and efficiency.

Mr. President, I rise to thank my colleagues for their support of my legislation to overturn President Obama's eleventh hour rule that revokes States' rights to determine the best eligible subgrantees for title X family planning funding…

I think this is going to be an area that we really do need to work through.

Well, we will continue working on this issue.

Thank you. And will you commit to work to solve this particular issue expeditiously and to work with myself and the OMB to modify the metrics that the Corps utilizes so we can stop discounting the rural areas such as Iowa and other…

Will you do that?

I have seen a lot of the benefits coming from STEM even in my home State of Iowa, who does tend to be on a leading edge with STEM education.

The length of time it takes to bring those applicants into the system is horrendous.

I know that we have the USAJOBS hiring process that exists out there, and Dr. Zakheim is laughing.

I hope that you will take a look at that make sure that we have the right person for that job established as well.