Opening Statements
We all can agree that funding improvements to the nation’s infrastructure is vitally important to creating economic growth and promoting…
Read More (Camp Statement: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014)We have a nation that is struggling to make ends meet. The families I talk to back home – whether…
Read More (Jenkins Opening Statement: Markup of H.R. 4935, the “Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014”)Thank you Mr. Chairman for the opportunity to speak here today, and for all of your work on behalf of…
Read More (Black Opening Statement: Markup of H.R. 3393, the “Student and Family Tax Simplification Act”)Good morning. Over three years ago, this Committee started asking the IRS: was it targeting conservatives for their beliefs; was…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Hearing with IRS Commissioner John Koskinen)I would like to welcome back the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee. Neither MedPAC nor its witness here today, Executive Director,…
Read More (Brady Opening Statement: Health Subcommittee Hearing on MedPAC’s June 2014 Report)Good morning. Welcome to today’s hearing on the benefits of expanding U.S. agriculture trade and eliminating barriers to agriculture exports…
Read More (Nunes Opening Statement: Hearing on Advancing the U.S. Trade Agenda: Benefits of Expanding U.S. Agriculture Trade and Eliminating Barriers to U.S. Exports)Then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously warned Congress and the American People about the Affordable Care Act, “we have to pass the…
Read More (Brady Opening Statement: Joint Hearing on the Verification of Income and Insurance Information Under the Affordable Care Act)In recent years, the Ways and Means Subcommittees on Oversight and Health have held numerous hearings on the implementation of…
Read More (Boustany Opening Statement: Joint Hearing on the Verification of Income and Insurance Information Under the Affordable Care Act)Welcome to today’s hearing on the very important topic of whether youth in foster care are being prescribed medications appropriately….
Read More (Reichert Opening Statement: Caring for Our Kids: Are We Overmedicating Children in Foster Care?)Every dollar hospitals spend on inaccurate Medicare audits and appeals are dollars lost that should have been used to care…
Read More (Brady Opening Statement: Hearing on Current Hospital Issues in the Medicare Program)