David Thomas: “I am persuaded we need to spend a little more time on it, which I intend to, and that is government activities we are…”

“I am persuaded we need to spend a little more time on it, which I intend to, and that is government activities we are involved in. Of course, the many government activities we are involved in are probably the largest combined organizational thing we do in this country. It would be interesting to know, and I intend to see if there is not a way for all of us to do so, to get a look at all the kinds of programs and different activities the Federal Government is involved in. It is massive, of course. We spend trillions of dollars on activities in the Federal Government. I do not suggest that is not legitimate. The Federal Government has a job to do and we need to do it. What I do believe is that because of the nature of it and because of the nature of this body, frankly, we do not really work very hard at ensuring that the delivery of these services is done as efficiently as it could be.”