That's like referring to a Captain as 'General' ~ seriously. At that level you might come up with a novel question every now and then but your purpose is to work to the numbers ~ maintain productivity, maintain security, keep workhours down.... As Jim noted, the three year delay is a serious matter, and my experience in a counterpart agency says 3 years is a heck of a lot longer than half an hour ~ which is what it would take us to handle any of those applications.
Not only that, but considering what I've read about the person, calling him a "conservative Republican" is even more inflated.