Gerry Connolly actually said...

We have got a long way to go in streamlining hiring process, making it easier, less bureaucratic, less paper-dominated.

My experience is the opposite. The Federal workforce is a dedicated group of workers.

There is still a lot of discrimination, favoritism, nepotism, outright outrageous discriminatory behavior...

I want to compliment the chairman. I hope this doesn't hurt him, but he has gone way beyond ideology on Federal employee issues.