I want to associate myself with the remarks of Senator Scott, but I also want at least some consideration for the underemployment and unemployment of Native American citizens.

I think oftentimes within the Federal Government we bring people in on a technical side.

And isn't it likely that those people who can leave, when they do, and it is hard to fill that position, that it is going to have a cascading effect?

I think our challenge right now is that we look for the easy fix. None of this is easy.

Probably in those areas, whether it is cyber, where there is a whole lot of competition in the private sector for that kind of talent and skill set.

Not always the sexiest of topics, public employment, but absolutely critical if we are going to do the best that we can for the people of this country.

frequently the vacancies that we have would be highly sought after, where they would be highly technical, and so you have three people, now someone leaves, and those two know that there is no way they can fill that gap, they get…

When we fail to fill needed vacancies unnecessarily, the only people we are hurting are ourselves.

I want to thank Senator Lankford for making the Federal workforce a major priority of this Committee.

I think most of us who come from State entities where you do biennial budgeting, where you have more predictability, find that to be a much more humane system and a much more predictable system.

Across-the-board cuts and the shrinking of the overall Federal workforce are not the answer to making the Federal Government more efficient or more effective.

I yield the remainder of my postcloture debate time to Senator Murray. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.