"We need to be acting with the urgency of now if we are going to make a difference."
"These recommendations need to be followed through, and I would hope that both Departments would act on them swiftly."
"I guarantee you, you ask your staff, those people sitting right behind you, them, those, they will tell you, it is not the money."
"The thing that I guess I am really concerned about is I want us to make sure that when we say that there is going to be impact, that is true;"
"when we look at people losing their jobs, and there are going to be some jobs lost; when we look at people taking furloughs, like the lady that I met the other day who is going to lose $800 a month, w..."
"So I am trying to figure out what gives. Are you following what I am saying?"
"I am so adamant about defending public employees is because they tell me things like this, they want to feed their soul."
"I tried to tell them if they listened to some Federal employees and asked them why they do what they do, in most instances it is because they want to help the public, period."
"I also want to recognize Representative Gerry Connolly, the Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee, for his critical work on these technology issues."
"What you are talking about, Mr. Chairman, is effectiveness and efficiency."
"I certainly commend you on your bipartisan approach to developing the legislation we are considering today."