James Lankford

President-Elect Trump supports the RFS, and we all know how important that is to markets and to certainty for our farmers.

Congress created the unworkable RFS formula. The EPA is left trying to make it work anyway.

For us to be able to do our job effectively, we think we need this?

You both mentioned at the beginning of this, in the opening testimonies, your concern about terrorism and terrorist activities or materials moving across the border.

From the United States Border Patrol perspective, not ever. Right? The first time you cross, there should be some type of consequence that leads to a deterrence.

It has been a concern, and there has been a lot of dialogue about just what you just said.

Thank you both, again, for all of the ongoing service that you have had for a very long time and for what you are continuing to do.

I am going to fight like hell to see that we realize that potential this year.

Suffice it to say that has not been achieved, and I know there is some pending legislation both in the Senate and the House, and I think that would take it the full step to ameliorate the problem.

Any interrelation is obviously the cost of how it is coming in and why, and what drives that cost and such to be able to pick that up internationally.

Your group, the PRC, has subpoena power to be able to get information from USPS if needed.

I agree that dealing with the classification system is biting off an enormous chunk.

I do appreciate that. Let me second her statement on that.

Is the opportunity to know--just tell me yes or no, are we moving to the next step?

Let us boil it down, instead of just ticking off someone's old list.

There has been this goal of 60. How was the 60-day time period set, that is what we want to achieve?

There is a lot of pressure to be able to look at, to be able to evaluate this.

OK. I have to run to the floor, and I am going to turn this over to the capacity hands of Senator Heitkamp, and then I will be back.

I frequently hear from Oklahomans about their attempts to work for the government, which they too often abandon when it takes three months or more to hear back about their USAJOBS application.

The Federal Government currently employs more than 2.5 million Executive Branch civilians.

We have finally reached a point as a government that we are so heavy and we cannot take risk in every area.

There are 100 different tools in the toolbox there of these different authorities, 20 of them are used.

You can pull out a laptop and fake it.

Do we have a sense of how long it takes to do a hire in private industry?

It seems like every year or two there is a new initiative.