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April 18, 2013
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Welcome to the first in the Committee’s hearing series on the President’s and other bipartisan entitlement reform proposals. Americans deserve action to protect and preserve Social Security. According to the Social Security Board of Trustees, beginning in 2033, Social Security will be unable to pay...
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April 16, 2013
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Welcome to today’s hearing on the progress of reforms enacted last year designed to help more unemployed individuals, especially the long-term unemployed, get back to work. Reforms enacted in 2012 were aimed at connecting those in need with the resources necessary to succeed. Today, we will take a l...
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April 12, 2013
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Secretary Sebelius, thank you for joining us today for a discussion of the President’s 2014 Budget. One of the top priorities for this Committee is to act now to save Medicare so that every generation of seniors can count on it. So, I welcome the inclusion of some conceptual reforms to Medicare – i...
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April 11, 2013
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Mr. Secretary, the last time you testified before this committee it was “Mr. Director.” So, please allow me to do publicly what I’ve already done privately, and that is to congratulate you on your new post. As you are well aware, this Committee has broad jurisdiction and interacts with many departm...
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April 10, 2013
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The Committee on Ways and Means has jurisdiction over federal government borrowing, as well as the Treasury Department’s debt management practices and the debt limit. The Founders vested the power to borrow money exclusively in the Legislative Branch. Since the Founders’ time, Congress has repeatedl...
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April 10, 2013
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Good afternoon Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Velazquez and Members of the House Small Business Committee. I’d like to take a moment to thank those small business owners who will appear on the next panel. I won’t be able to stay for your testimony, but I thank you for taking time away from your bu...
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March 20, 2013
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Good morning. Fairness and consistency are essential to ensuring Americans’ confidence in Social Security’s disability insurance program. Their importance has been consistently recognized since the disability program was created in 1956. As we know, Social Security’s definition of who is disabled is...
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March 20, 2013
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Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for the subcommittee’s first hearing of the 113th Congress. I commend Chairman Camp for his continued efforts to overhaul the tax code and I look forward to working with him to enact comprehensive tax reform. Today we examine the financial products discus...
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March 19, 2013
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Good morning and thank you for joining us today. As part of the Committee’s effort to strengthen the economy, create more jobs and increase wages for American families by making the tax code simpler and fairer, today’s hearing allows stakeholders and members of the public the opportunity to share t...
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March 15, 2013
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I want to welcome everyone to the second hearing in the Subcommittee on Health for the 113th Congress. Today we will be hearing from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on the recommendations in their March 2013 report on Medicare payment policies. We heard from MedPAC during our Medi...
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