Opening Statements
For more than a decade, Congress has had to step in and prevent Medicare from cutting physician payments. The time…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Markup of: H.R. 2810 “Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013”)Another day, another change by the White House to “fix” their controversial health care law. Today, families and patients abandoned…
Read More (Brady Opening Statement: Hearing on the Challenges of the Affordable Care Act)Good Morning. I would like to welcome Marilyn Tavenner to the Committee today. I look forward to your testimony and…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on the Status of the Affordable Care Act Implementation)Welcome to our hearing today. Before being elected to Congress, I spent over 32 years working in law enforcement in King…
Read More (Reichert Opening Statement: Hearing on Preventing and Addressing Sex Trafficking of Youth in Foster Care)Good afternoon and welcome to our hearing on the Social Security disability fraud conspiracy in Puerto Rico. On August 21st,…
Read More (Johnson Opening Statement: Hearing on the Disability Fraud Conspiracy in Puerto Rico)Welcome to this afternoon’s hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s Exempt Organizations Division. In May, the Treasury Inspector General for…
Read More (Boustany Opening Statement: Hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s Exempt Organizations Division Post-TIGTA Audit)Today’s hearing is on ending benefits for incarcerated individuals and other ways to improve the integrity of the Unemployment Insurance…
Read More (Reichert Opening Statement: Hearing on No Cash for Convicts and Other Efforts to Improve UI Program Integrity)Just a few months ago, in testimony before this Committee, Secretary Sebelius repeatedly told Congress and the American people that…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on the Status of the Affordable Care Act Implementation)Today’s hearing is the third in a series this summer, set around the theme of reforming programs designed to assist…
Read More (Reichert Opening Statement: Hearing on Improving the Safety Net: Better Coordinating Today’s Maze of Benefits and Programs to Ensure Families Receive Real Help)Good morning. I want to welcome everyone and extend a special welcome to United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Mike Froman. …
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on President Obama’s Trade Policy Agenda)