Political Quotes

“on this day, I will join many of my colleagues in voicing my disapproval of the amendment presented by Rep. Pete Sessions and Rep. Thomas M. Davis III on H.R. 2691. H.R. 2691 makes appropriations for the Interior Department and related agencies for the fiscal year 2004. This amendment strikes out Section 335 from the bill which prohibits new competitive sourcing studies. In the Interior subcommittee's report language, a bipartisan majority of lawmakers expressed concern about the massive scale, the arbitrary targets, and the cost. This initiative remains on a fast track, without consideration for the implications or impacts of such a massive privatization scheme. The haphazard manner in which agencies are implementing privatization has had a horrendous impact on the agencies' abilities to provide basic services and due to incredibility short timeframe, agencies have been unable to designate and protect those programs that are 'inherently governmental' as well as critical programs, which should not be subject to privatization. While we support our federal agencies in their efforts to streamline their processes, we contend that all efforts to ensure the success of innovative process management requires due diligence, and should be afforded all resources necessary to conceptualize, plan, test, implement and evaluate said processes.”