Jim Cooper actually said...

I, right now, have a 17 percent vacancy rate in my office just to stay under the limits that I have been operating under in the last few years.

Discussing the impact of budget cuts on staffing in his office.

01/14/2014

More Jim Cooper Quotes

Well, let's forget politics for a second and the view of the Department, because right now the Department doesn't have a lot of credibility ...

I am sorry we have to be here, because this incident never should have happened.

But I think that one thing folks back home understand is what do we get for taxpayer dollars?

Right now in DOE, it doesn't seem like we are getting those results.