If I could be recognized, please.

Let me just start off by saying kudos, Bravo Zulu.

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It is shameful. I think it is shameful.

We are not very good at paying for things that we know we need.

Only 2 of 19.

I want to applaud your courage--political courage--for supporting it and for being very vocal about it.

I believe the improper payments, both in Medicare and Medicaid, account for over 50 percent of the improper payments for those agencies that estimate improper payments.

You stole the money from Social Security to re-up Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), which was totally out of money.

It is hard to believe when I tell younger people, but it was not all that long ago that we actually had a balanced Federal budget.

One of the best ways we could strengthen the economy would be to show that we have the discipline here, the wherewithal, and the willingness to work together.

We need to get that done. It is eminently fixable.

I think under some of our cuts in recent years, the resources for GAO have been diminished.

I just want to say that two of my favorite people on the planet are here.

I think that what we need to do is save the programs for our kids and grandchildren.

Ronald Reagan said [the Earned Income Tax Credit] was the best anti-poverty program ever.