House Proceeding on Sep 27th, 2008 :: 0:34:19 to 0:37:52
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Stephen Cohen: appropriated to support such acquisitions. i'm very please ed thata our committee and our subcommittee wrote h.r. h.r. 999, to ensure all coast guard acquisitions meet three key requirements: one, a

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: basic contract that wee get what we bargain for, as a nation, that we get what we barga in for. that was number one. number two, that the equipment that we buy would enable the coast guard to fulfill

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Speech By: Eleanor Holmes Norton

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: its many missions to protect our homeland and to do all the other things that they have to do. and number three, and very interestingly, were wanted to make sure that the equipment that we produced, that

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: we were purchasing wirth taxpayers' dollars, that it could not bring harm to our very personnel. those were the three issues that -- principle principles that we wrote this legislation on, and i was

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: glad to see that our subcommittee and our committee pretty much adopted them as we went through this legislation legislation. the commandant of the coast guard has moved to strengthen the service's

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: ability to manage acquisitions including create ing a new acquisitions directorate directorate, and i applaud his efforts. under his leadership, the service is taking additional delivery of the first national

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: security cutter, the birdhawk. having joined the coast guard in commissioning the birdhawk this summer summer, i know it is a fine shop ship and it will greatly enhance the service's mission and

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: capabilities capabilities. however, the birdhawk experience ed significant cost overruns and the coast guard continues to face procurement challenges and not only within deep water. for example, the rescue

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: 21 program, which is intended to upgrade upgrade the systems the coast guard utilizes to locate those in distress who are distressed at sea is now hundreds of millions of dollars over budget and years

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: behind schedule. the american taxpayers who are now being asked to rescue our financial system from the consequences of failed oversight have already showed shouldered the burden for the coast guard's

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: earlier failed pro-ciewrmts throughout the -- procurements throughout the department of homeland security, which according to a compilation by the homeland security committee, have waste ed approximately

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: approximately $15 billio n. as a representative elected by the citizens of maryland's seventh congressional district and its subcommittee chairman, i believe it one of our most critical duties at this time

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: is to implement every available measure to ensure that federal agency agencies are effective and efficient stewards of the taxpayers' dollars. the legislation before us today implements such measures

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: with regard to the united states coast guard. specifically, h.r. 6999 requires the coast guard to eliminate the use of all private sector lead system innovate ors by october 2011, the same date on

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: which their use is phased out in the department of defense. this bill creates a statute -- in statute the position of chief acquisitions officer and requires that it be filled with a fullya qualified individual

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John Boozman: who can, at the commandant's choosing, be a civilian member of the senior executive service or a uniform member of the coast guard, but who must have level three acquisitions qualifications and 10

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Speech By: John Boozman