George Voinovich

I do not want, a year from now, to have you come in and testify and say, I am sorry, but we do not have the resources to get the job done.

Senator Akaka and I are very interested in giving you the resources that you need to get the job done.

The Bush Administration said, you know what, we have looked at this thing and we have to start from scratch.

Last but not least--this is a comment that I want to make--Ms. Duncan looks like she has got a pretty good operation.

I mean, the whole goal that we had was to elevate this as something that is extremely important to the success of an organization.

I know this. The Administration has come in, and they have had to put a budget together.

Listen, I am aware of that. They have done a better job; we are making progress.

We ought to grant them, I think, in some of these agencies to say, there they are, you can use them now, to eliminate some of the paper work.

These are big picture things that I am asking about because you are coming on new.

But what you need is some one to help you with that job like John Salamone, who worked with me at one time.

I wonder if you have had a chance to look at some of those reports to ascertain whether or not people have taken the issue of human capital seriously.

I really would like to see that legislation pass because I think it is needed.

I am so tired of year after year of running into people who say the hiring system does not work.

One of the things that Senator Akaka and I worked on was the issue of annual leave tied solely to the employee's years of Federal employment.

I have worked tirelessly on that National Security Personnel System (NSPS) to improve performance in the Department of Defense (DOD).

I think it is extremely important that we honor these folks that have made a difference for us.

We should take advantage of it.

We must have entitlement reform to address our long-term fiscal problems.

This increase in supplemental spending is outrageous when you considered our long-term fiscal outlook.

I am pleased to see President Obama's commitment to make this the last planned war supplemental.

It's time for us to deal with entitlements and tax reform in this country.

We're really in a financial crisis here today in this country.

How can we continue to be Uncle Sugar to the world?

I want to congratulate all of you on what I refer to as the Obama doctrine, and that is smart power.

I think the first test is going to be what the State Department does.