07/20/2009
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"So there has to be something that has to change, and I agree with you that we can have these process changes, which I am for and I proposed some of them, but really it is also political will."
"the public desperately wants you to get out of partisan attack mode and start working together to find solutions."
"I cannot think of a better way to describe how dysfunctional Congress is with its power of the purse."
"Missing appropriation deadlines have consequences. It causes uncertainty in agencies and delays plans, which may increase cost to the taxpayer."