On the recordMay 7, 2010
Mr. President, I see the Presiding Officer has a smile on his face as he realizes I have reached the end of the nominees I am reporting on today. But I will tell you this: Having managed an office of 400 people--a government office, a local county attorney's office--I can't even imagine trying to run that place without having my top people in place and that kind of security. It is very difficult to cut government spending, to make the kinds of decisions you need to make when you don't have your top team there to get the work done. Worse than that, with these secret holds, it is very hard to even understand why these people are being held, who is holding them. That is why we are working so hard to get rid of this. As I said, this crop of Senators that has come here in the last 2 years does not like business as usual. We just want to get the business done. Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.
