Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 678, H.R. 2142. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 2142) to require quarterly performance assessments of Government programs for purposes of assessing agency performance and improvement, and to establish agency performance improvement officers and the Performance Improvement Council. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``GPRA Modernization Act of 2010''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Strategic planning amendments. Sec. 3. Performance planning amendments. Sec. 4. Performance reporting amendments. Sec. 5. Federal Government and agency priority goals. Sec. 6. Quarterly priority progress reviews and use of performance information. Sec. 7. Transparency of Federal Government programs, priority goals, and results. Sec. 8. Agency Chief Operating Officers. Sec. 9. Agency Performance Improvement Officers and the Performance Improvement Council. Sec. 10. Format of performance plans and reports. Sec. 11.…”