James Lankford actually said...

"The length of time that it takes to do onboard, we are losing out on some good people that want to be able to serve their fellow citizens in Federal service."

"That is a long 9 years of trying to fight for employees."

"Let us know on the progress on that, because that will be key for actually recruiting people to be able to go and stay."

"That is what I am trying to talk about, is how do we actually make sure in the bureaucracy and of all the different options they are chasing."