Secretary Work and Secretary Commons, in the Federal Government, an agency's FBWT account is like a corporate bank account.

I think it's an unnecessary Federal burden placed on people who want to do good Federal work and do it at the lowest cost possible.

the absurd result that out of state contractors are the only ones that are bidding on this really important New Hampshire Federal project in our state.

the studies show that costs increase between 12 and 15 percent when you include a requirement of a project labor agreement.

So you could have proceeded without the project labor agreement?

I think it's very important that New Hampshire have the Job Corps.

I'm really struggling with it. And I feel like the contractors in New Hampshire who do things efficiently and very well are being denied an opportunity here to bid because they are non-union shops, and I think it's wrong.

we should put that, if we do not show the courage to deal with the entire budget.

Do you believe the Army should be reducing its end strength before achieving its dwell time goals?

I think we have a duty, given what our servicemen and women have done, to really have a very hard discussion about this.

That is a very significant number for many who have done multiple tours for us. So I think the American people need to understand that in terms of some of the choices that we are making.

With all respect to the private sector, they do not endure what our soldiers do in battle.