All Quotes

The IG's Office and GAO have been telling us for years that Medicare was a high-risk agency, extremely vulnerable to fraud.

I held a series of hearings on Medicare fraud in which we heard the Inspector General testify that there were billions of dollars lost to Medicare fraud.

I think when we contemplate Medicare fraud we tend to think of it in terms of dollars lost, but in your case you were subjected to grueling, unnecessary infusions that could have really harmed your health had they continued.

I believe that my legislation provides a commonsense solution that will result in veterans with complex medical conditions having their complex condition adjudicated at a VA center of excellence by a specialist who has been trained to…

I am convinced, from the inspector general's report that the misuse of unneeded prescription drugs is a major contributor to veteran suicide.

I am curious why the administration decided to create a brand new fund instead of working through existing programs.

It strikes me, as a provision, when I see a 60 percent increase for transit and only a 17 percent increase for highways, that it is really biased toward urban States that have mass transit as opposed to more rural States.

I hope you really will take a look at that. Maybe there is a way to carve out those individuals who are going through Job Corps or vocational education and really getting trained very well between the age of 16 and 18.

Another area where there appears to be duplication is the new $500 million Rapid Growth Area Transit Grant Program that would support bus rapid transit services.

In reviewing the budget, I was struck by the fact that given the backlog of roadway and bridge improvement projects nationwide, that the budget proposes a 60 percent increase in transit spending, but only a 17 percent increase for highways.

According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), 10 percent of our Nation's bridges are structurally deficient.

Although I, too, believe that we need to reform our tax code, I do not think that it is realistic to assume that we will be able to do so this year.

I am concerned that the Department has failed to fully examine what the implications are of establishing a Federal standard without regard to the existing laws in each State.

I am also interested in your Critical Immediate Investments Program.

Thank you. Secretary Foxx, just following up quickly on the chairman's question on the General Motors recall.

Generous funding, as the chairman pointed out, is requested for the TIGER program, a program that I strongly support.

I am disappointed that the President's budget once again contains what I believe to be unrealistic assumptions about solving the Highway Trust Fund crisis.

More important, this proposal does not represent a long-term solution to the funding woes of the Highway Trust Fund, and once again kicks the can down the road.