Political Quotes

“He is chasing the wrong--in this case, the dog is chasing the wrong person. What you end up chasing is chasing very skilled technical people and very highly competent managers of people out of the business who want to be more and more competitive. Again, I chair the subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology. My real concern here in the committee is the technological advances. What we are hearing in the testimony is more and more we will have to go out into the commercial sector and get the technology that is being put together in the commercial sector to bring that into the defense area at a lower cost that is more efficient and more effective. If we limit the compensation, we are just simply not going to get those commercial entities involved in the defense industry. That is a real crime. We are giving up resources and talent and capability by limiting it, as we are here, to a salary of one-quarter of what a shortstop of the Pittsburgh Pirates makes who bats--actually the shortstop is batting over .200, but not much over .200 right now. That is not right. And I think it is counterproductive for national security.”