Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Performance Improvement Act of 2010

Floor Speech

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Ms. WATSON. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2142, the Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Performance Improvement Act, by Congressman Cuellar. In short, I believe the measure before us would strengthen the oversight and policy processes in place for evaluating the effectiveness of agency programs. The issue of performance-based budgeting has been long viewed as the next steprsuing a comprehensive framework for managing agency resources and justifying our program funding decisions.

These issues were discussed extensively during the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement's hearings on H.R. 2142, this past April, as well as during our subcommittee markup on May 5. As a result of these efforts, I believe the bill before us is a more nimble and effective tool for agency performance measurement activity. Developing valuable performance and evaluation criteria is a difficult and time-consuming process, but I believe the bill before us will push our agencies to more ably identify pertinent goals for measuring a program's true value.

I want to thank all the relevant stakeholders who participated in the development of and the modifications to the bill that is before us today. I definitely want to thank Congressman Cuellar and Chairman Towns for their hard work and diligence in the development of H.R. 2142, and I would ask my colleagues to support this measure. I also want to thank the staff for their hard work and the time they have spent trying to bring to the floor this particular very important measure.

With that, Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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