This is the most important issue in front of the country the last 6 weeks, you don't know who's heading up the case, who the lead investigator is?

I'm asking basic questions about the investigation, like who's heading it up, and you can't tell me that.

You've had a month now to investigate. This has been the biggest story in the country...

I am the chairman of the Strategic Sourcing Leadership Council.

Supporting small businesses is especially important during this critical time as agencies strive to meet mission needs with increasingly tight budgets.

If it is used well, it is a good thing. If it is used not well, it will not be a good thing.

It is imperative that our acquisition processes enable us to get the highest quality goods and services for the lowest possible cost.

OMB guidance, which we put out last December, does clearly say the vehicles that agencies create and that the Strategic Sourcing Leadership Council approves should be mandated when appropriate.

I believe that the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the FAR, gives them the right latitude to choose whichever method is appropriate in a particular procurement.

Is it typically important for the investigator to have one of the central players in this... sit in on all the interviews?

I strongly oppose the Senate's--what's referred to as the gang of eight plan because they offer all of these other items of a path to citizenship prior to ascertaining and guaranteeing that the border is secured, that the laws are enforced.