I would like to comment that we are talking about 225,000 people in the process that started in March and get it all done by October 1 of this year, I do not know how you can do it and do it right.

It is the same thing as when I got a hold of the Department of Defense and said you guys are going too fast, when I talked to Secretary Rumsfeld about it. I said you cannot do this.

I will say this, that after looking into what the alternative is, it is much better than I originally anticipated.

I would say that I would take your time and do it right.

We have passed more Federal workforce legislation than any similar period.

You are going too fast. Slow down. Take your time. Make sure the training is there because you cannot do this unless you have the proper training.

Congress also worked to slow down implementation, to transform the System's rollout into an event-driven process rather than one that followed arbitrary timelines.

It was a bazooka I almost never had to use, but the legislature knew it was there.

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I am very disappointed here with you, Mr. Neal.

The point of this, and I have taken too much time, but the issue is how come you used FCIP and you did not use the regular system in order to hire new people?

I admire him so much for his continuing to have hearings just about every week dealing with the issue of human capital.