09/18/2013
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"We are also thankful to those on this committee who have been supportive of this bill, including Senator Casey of Pennsylvania and Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina."
"We're going to go ahead and start because we do have several votes."
"What is the status of the implementation of these authorities and the delegation of the flexibilities to the laboratory directors?"
"We would appreciate your continued support for human resource flexibilities, such as the direct hiring authorities authorized in the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2014."