I would force 'excellence or out.' Every 2 years, you are recompeting for a position you are in.
government should invest in our seniors. And that starts with making sure that the Social Security Administration offices are fully funded.
So, Mr. Borland, despite years of underfunding, Senate appropriators have proposed a more than $400 million cut to the Social Security Admin...
I believe, though, we need to look beyond the bare minimum and to stop lurching from crisis to crisis just to try to keep the lights on.
It is clear to me that the Social Security Administration's work is very important and that the field offices are critical to making sure th...
I worry that the Pentagon is just not set up either to be able to help guide careers or to be able to attract people.
I believe that if we make them permanent and if we make this an established part of the way the career pattern works with the help of our mi...
All the children are above average.
One of the central aspects of the military culture is an inability to say no.
I think you want to have a way to perhaps retain some more of those people who may be at the peak of their professional abilities.
These are the investments that we have to make in our Nation's preparedness and our response capabilities if we are going to be ready when a...