On the recordJuly 31, 1997
I believe that we obviously got the pick of the lot, and the professional organization that did the searching brought us a number of people who had been in public administration positions and, as a matter of fact, in the private sector across a broad region of the United States. It is not in my opinion accidental that we have found what we believe to be the highest caliber person laboring here in the House. It was important, I think, to look outside to give a comfort level for us in making the decision that we made. It was an open, fair competition. And Jay won. He won by unanimous vote of the panel. That tells you a lot about the qualities that he is going to bring to this job.
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