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Opening Statements

May 09, 2012 Herger Opening Statement: Hearing on Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding Program

We are here today to assess the impact of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment competitive bidding program.  Our intent is…

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May 09, 2012 Johnson Opening Statement: Hearing on the State of Social Security’s Information Technology

As our nation ages, more Americans are depending on Social Security’s benefits and services that they paid for through their…

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May 08, 2012 Boustany Opening Statement: Hearing on Identity Theft and Tax Fraud

Welcome to this morning’s joint Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on Social Security hearing on identity theft and tax fraud. …

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May 08, 2012 Johnson Opening Statement: Joint Hearing on Identity Theft and Tax Fraud

Chairman Boustany, I want to thank you for holding this hearing regarding identity theft and its role in the growing…

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April 27, 2012 Herger Opening Statement: Hearing on Premium Support

We are meeting today to examine proposals to reform Medicare through Premium Support and the bipartisan support for such proposals….

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April 26, 2012 Tiberi Opening Statement: Hearing on Certain Expiring Tax Provisions

I commend Chairman Camp for his leadership in working to overhaul the tax code.  As he said in the first…

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April 18, 2012 Camp Opening Statement: Markup of Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations

Good morning.  Today, we will separately consider three measures to meet our reconciliation instructions in the House-passed budget, which asks…

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