But it is important that we get a bill that causes people to buy into what we need to do on a timely basis.

The desk has a modification of that amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the modification? Hearing no objection, the amendment is so modified. The amendment (No. 2830), as modified, is as follows: (Purpose: To establish…

what we are trying to accomplish with this amendment--and I have cleared it on our side, and I think it is being cleared on the other side as well--is to make sure the significant amount of money we spend in this area goes to people who…

I will try to make my remarks short. I know several of my colleagues have places they need to be and have a time schedule they are on. I was involved in a committee hearing this afternoon and could not contribute to the debate on the floor…

on rollcall vote 77 I voted ``aye.'' It was my intention to vote ``nay.'' I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to change my vote since it will not affect the outcome. =========================== NOTE =========================== On…

I was going to call up amendment No. 2829, but I have chosen not to do that because of the plan of the manager of the bill to table it. So I will talk about what it is and make a few observations. Four years ago we got the GAO to start a…

we yield back the time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, all time is yielded back. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having…

To answer the Senator's question, I supported the Enzi amendment. I don't think it went far enough because you are not going to look at some of the programs that are outside the purview of the Senator's committee. We have eight different…

I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

To me that seems inherently unfair to the taxpayers of this country.

I think it is more a State responsibility than it is a Federal responsibility.

I have the same high regard for Administrator Fugate that you do.

Why don't we just do a timeout for one year and get caught up and make sure the grants are going where they need to go and that we are managing them right?

It is my feeling that we have an imbalance on how we treat the States on disasters.

Do you not think that the American people deserve to be able to go online and see what all the programs are and where their money gets spent?

I recognize the effort, the professionalism, and the expertise that all of you bring to the table.

Why in the world do you have 209 different programs?

Gene, your thoughts on that?

If we have CIOs, they ought to have the power as well as be held accountable for the implementation of this.

If we have that kind of leadership, this will happen, and we will not have to have a Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act.

We do not have a metric on a one of them. We are spending billions. We know we want more science and technology, engineering and math.

Will you commit to keep the dashboard both current and accurate because it is neither right now?

the GAO, some time ago, listed out 47 job training programs for the nondisabled, of which all but 3 duplicated at least another one.

It just drives me nuts that we continue to spend money on programs that do not achieve anything without truly reforming.

What is the plan? What is the progress--none of which, by the way, have a metric on whether they are successful.