I just can't--I just fundamentally have trouble sending money directly to these governments without the accountability metrics in place.

I want the firewood records. Where are the firewood records?

I have no additional speakers, but I will continue to reserve the balance of my time.

The idea of rooting out corruption, fraud, abuse is something I think that we are all dedicated to.

I appreciate the great work Senator Grassley has done on this bill. I urge its adoption. I think we can do so in a bipartisan way, and I urge a ``yes'' vote. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on…

There is a need for this. I wish there wasn't a need for this. There are other more pressing things that we should be focused on. But this is $1 billion in uncollected taxes, taxes that are due by Federal workers. Again, I don't want to…

S. 300 puts commonsense controls on the users of government charge cards which allow Federal workers to purchase goods and to travel in a timely and cost-efficient manner. In any economy, but especially the one we're in now, there is no…

Let me say, in conclusion here, look, if Federal workers aren't paying their Federal taxes, they should be fired. If they're not paying their Federal taxes and they want employment here, they should not be employed as Federal workers. We…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. The need for reforms in the Federal appointments process is not a new topic. There is little dispute that the current nominations process has grown too cumbersome and complicated, in some cases…

I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Buerkle), the prime sponsor and author of this piece of legislation.

I would like to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert).

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I will be, under the general leave, inserting a couple of letters. One is from Frank Carlucci, former Secretary of Defense under President Reagan, who wrote us a letter saying…