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I cannot understate the concerns from my constituents when it comes to accountability and transparency in how government spends taxpayer money.

I think in this current economic environment that we are in, every dollar needs to be well spent;

I believe that we should be able to track this money, follow it, and make sure that we can account for every dollar.

If we announce this in August, no one in the world will even pay any attention to this at all.

If you can't make investments in human infrastructure and physical infrastructure... then that ability to grow in the 21st century is going to be severely curtailed.

We are trying to get more people more interested in this idea of being creative, how we can finance and fund...

That is an aggregate savings, $16 billion, or just a public----

The majority of that cost is in the Medicare program?

48 percent of the costs of obesity are born by government programs.

I want to point out that the gentlelady from Wyoming made some very important observations.

I think, if I can be presumptuous and suggest that, Mr. Chairman, that we drive towards some number like that that gives Congress a quantifiable goal as a measure to potentially reduce costs in the name of health and well-being.

60 percent of adults are either overweight or obese, 31 percent of children.

What is the potential improvement of health outcomes as related to health care costs reductions?

I am personally committed to exploring ways to encourage good nutrition and wellness.

I strongly believe that we need to link the nutrition our children receive to their wellness for the purpose of preventing the onset of debilitating chronic diseases.

Like many of my colleagues, I am very concerned about the rising rate of obesity among Americans.

The dependency is connected to the public programs that we have in place, Medicare and Medicaid.

I share Speaker Gingrich's evaluation of this, and I actually would slightly disagree with him and maybe substantially disagree with him.