I have fought over the last 2 years to stop the Administration's unfortunate efforts to inject politics into the procurement system.
personnel is policy.
If we can enhance the private sector pick-up of these costs before we put them on the Federal budget, everyone comes out ahead.
I at least believe that an enormous effort should be placed on enhancing the private-sector financing of these services as the top priority.
It is simply not a time at which we can commit the taxpayer to additional mandatory spending commitments without thinking very hard about it...
I think the real moral is going to be picking very flexible strategies.
I think that's something that should be within the scope of the discussion.
Well, first of all, there is a far simpler solution. We didn't need a 2,700-page bill.
I think we just established that the level of debt and deficit is a security threat.
That is the one that keeps you awake at night. Me, too. I think it is extremely important.
I want to make sure that we can actually develop a piece of legislation that we can pass so we can start moving that football forward.