James Lankford

There has been a culture change from one of compliance assistance to one of scaring people into compliance

Indeed, many individuals and businesses believe that agency officials enforce regulations in an unfair, unpredictable, and arbitrary manner.

Well, this is something, I am saying, perception and reality.

I think the community works very well together on the issue of drug intelligence and facilitating interdiction.

We do not want to have a gap in leadership moving into air traffic control for all of our public safety.

Something definitely changed there. FAA is saying it is OPM. OPM is saying we are trying to figure it out.

That is telling for all the caseworkers around the country that are answering calls all the time from retirees saying, why did this take so long?

Oversight is extremely important. We just need to know we have the cooperation, and before we move forward.

I want to know that when we make a request, you can come back and tell us, that is irrational. You are asking for too many things. Let us talk about it.

I would want us to have a very cooperative relationship. We both have the same job, to be able to serve the American people.

The relationship between Oversight and Government Reform and your office so far has not gone well on the House side.

Can I have your commitment that when we have requests for documents or interaction or for you to be able to come to the Hill in the days ahead, that we could have that kind of interaction?

Thanks for being here. We have had multiple conversations in the past several months on multiple different issues that OPM is obviously involved in.

Oklahoma is now being threatened with an access problem to quality, local suppliers with which communities are familiar.

IHS must have accountability and transparency to our tribes and to Congress.

I would say we just have to do better. People are counting on us to do better.

I am committed to seeing true and lasting reform come from this hearing and the discussions that will follow.

How can we assure that there are no shortcuts taken?

We have to, I think, recognize our responsibility, which is doing everything that we can to keep our Nation safe and secure.

Islamic terror represents a threat. This is real. It is growing. This is a legitimate concern.

I think that the conclusion--and I think that most of the Committee Members would agree with me--is that our borders are not secure.

I think it is the decision on placement.

Did we verify that person was a legal citizen of the United States?

That facility is exactly how I would have run my camp if money was no object.

The care and custody of all unaccompanied alien children, including responsibility for their detention, where appropriate, shall be the responsibility of . . . Health and Human Services.