These are resources that belong to the people of the United States. We are taking money out of the pockets of taxpayers.

But just so you know what it is going to be about, you mentioned that lifesaving drugs such as naloxone have seen exorbitant price increases in the past 3 years, in some cases, as much as 487 percent.

I have encouraged Dr. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, to use additional research money, which Congress has appropriated, to focus on finding a non-addictive painkiller.

It is evident that relying solely on a moment-in-time snapshot of an applicant's security profile to determine clearances and secure our information and facilities is simply not working.

We must not let up on our efforts to educate seniors, their families, and their caregivers about these scams.

I want to thank Senator Collins and the Committee for their interest and work on this problem of scamming of senior citizens.

America's seniors lose a staggering $2.9 billion a year to an ever-growing array of financial exploitation schemes and scams.

This Committee's ongoing commitment to fighting fraud against older Americans is raising awareness and making a real difference.

Someone alleging to be from the IRS calls and scares you into paying thousands of dollars or you will be thrown in jail.

The Department of Justice announced the largest coordinated, nationwide sweep of elder fraud cases in our history.

If ManTech has a group of employees working for the government on highly sensitive information and many of the employees of that group think that one of the employees has gone off the rails--developed a drug problem, has financial…

We expect scientific research conducted by the government to be fair, that the scientists to be operating without any fear of retaliation.

That is deeply troubling and particularly in the areas that we are talking about, which can be politically sensitive.

I would hope that we could try to learn something from the private sector.

I'm sorry. They already--I can't believe what you just said.

To me, the clipboard is the sign of not being in the 21st century.

That's preposterous.

I'm sick of that term. That means none of government.