Rae Oliver Davis: “Yet at the same time, I think that it is important that we set aside partisan rancor. This is not a Democratic problem…”

“Yet at the same time, I think that it is important that we set aside partisan rancor. This is not a Democratic problem or a Republican problem. This is an American problem. It is important that bureaucratic agendas be put aside, that party agendas, partisanship and rancor simply moving for control over debate and taking away that time for necessary dialogue be brought into the context of what the American people sent us here to do. I believe that it is important in the remainder of the time that we have before the gentleman speaks that we look at the problems that are being faced today. As you so effectively pointed out in those examples, our citizens on the street have seen over and over again examples of waste, examples of fraud, examples of abuse. Much of the waste, the majority of that waste, is not ill-intended. We have thousands and thousands of very dedicated civil servants.”