Jerry Moran

As members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, our oversight of spending by Federal agencies, in my view, is our most-critical responsibility.

I was appalled, as you said you were, to read the accounts of the inappropriate actions of some GSA employees outlined in the inspector general's report of abuses connected to a regional conference held in 2010.

I think that the conversations that occur here may be more useful than the hearing setting.

I am trying to figure out how I can play a greater role in moving Congress in the direction of visas for highly skilled, trained, educated workforce.

If we have the unwillingness or inability to deal with those things in regard to spending and revenues, maybe we can address this issue on the growth side.

I think we need to put in place an upgrade of the technology system which has been kind of old and antiquated.

We have to be careful about that word 'reform.'

There has been a lot conversation, especially here in Washington, D.C., about reforms or changes, if we are going to reauthorize the Bank that we need to 'reform'--it is actually a word I have tried to take out of my vocabulary because…

In the absence of the Bank, is there any other option you have to go to for that guarantee that would enhance the chances of sales to foreign countries or consumers in foreign countries?

Can you quantify that, the magnitude of the investigations that you are now conducting?

Would we expect additional inspector general reports in the near future?

What is the extent of the problem that this, at GSA, that this report covers?

This is not a budget for the America that we know today. It's a budget for Grover Norquist's America--a radical, conservative fantasy land where government is no longer fiscally able to play a role protecting those who need it most…

Did the guidance have any implications on that use of antibiotics?

I think you were suggesting that there is broad consensus to back up, in the industry, both the users and the scientific community, to support the guidance that you have issued.

Mr. Chairman, thank you. Thank you to you and to the ranking member.

Changes to the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs have imposed new challenges and costs on schools in Kansas and across the country.

Is there an opportunity for that talent that we're trying to retain in the United States?

I hope that you take great satisfaction in the noble calling that you're pursuing in your lives and know that you are providing hope.

I started looking at entrepreneurship opportunities, trying to create that circumstance in the United States in which somebody who has an idea and goes to work in their backyard, their garage, their basement, has a greater opportunity of…

The only--I think, Mr. Chairman, the only other question I would ask is, this is a question that Senator Kirk asked me to ask in regard to taxpayers being made whole in their investments and the rescue of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

I am going to ask you to advise one of my bankers in their efforts to comply with the record keeping requirements of the Volcker Rule.

Thank you. I appreciate that confidence that it can be accomplished.

Another way--an additional way to deal with our growing deficit is to grow the economy.

In my view, the Congress and the administration has failed to do much of anything about the deficits.