The Senators did not believe that the bill needed to be offset. We thought this was an emergency and we voted that way.

I look forward to hearing from Administrator McCarthy on EPA's proposed existing source rule.

I think he made a very eloquent case for early and aggressive oversight because he certainly made clear that the American people do want accountability.

We are very concerned about the integrity of the program, and safeguards on the front end.

I have introduced H.R. 4158, which would create a special inspector general to monitor the Affordable Care Act, or SIGMA.

These kinds of situations are intolerable. Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, we cannot tolerate this level of fraud, abuse, taxpayer waste.

I have deep concerns about this.

This is all very troubling, and I am glad you are going to continue taking a more in depth look at this.

Last month, this subcommittee and the Subcommittee on Health held a hearing that showed the administration's failure to implement effective eligibility verification systems would result in billions of the dollars in improper payments going…

I thank the gentleman.

We know we are dealing with fraud and abuse in a number of other areas where tax credits and especially refundable tax credits are being utilized.

And we know that if we have--if we fall back into a pay-and-chase situation, it is very difficult to recover those dollars. Is that correct?

I want to thank you and your team for this first look at what appears to be a pretty significant problem with process and implementation with regard to these subsidies.

This hearing will come to order. Good morning and welcome to this morning's hearing on the integrity of insurance premium subsidies under the healthcare law.

In recent years this Subcommittee has examined fraud, waste, and abuse in the execution of existing programs, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit.

We know that the Federal Government wastes tens of billions of dollars each year in improper payments--what we don't know is how much more will be wasted under ObamaCare's new federal subsidies.

Without fish, you do not have fishermen. Without fishermen, you do not have an economy in a lot of these communities.

Again, government does not get a lot right, but this is one I think government has historically.