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The goal of this legislation is to ensure that sick kids have access to the very best care.

I think I have a fairly easy question for Dr. Schwartz, but before I do that, I want to say that we have this program that is a CHIP program for my State of Iowa.

The Competitive Enterprise Institute estimates the cost to U.S. businesses for regulations is approach $2,000 billion a year.

Thirty-three billion of that came from the health-care sector.

Since the 1986 amendments, the taxpayers have recovered more than $53 billion of public money lost to fraud.

The False Claims Act is the most effective antifraud tool that we have.

In 1986, I coauthored amendments to the Lincoln-era False Claims Act that empowered whistleblowers to help the government identify and prosecute fraud on taxpayers.

I thank the Senator from California for her fine remarks on Mr. Wray. I am here for the same reason she is, and I thank her for also facilitating getting this through the committee in a very quick way. Thank you.

In 2011 GAO reported that FBI and GSA assessments showed that the FBI Headquarters facilities... did not fully support the FBI's long term security, space, and building conditions requirements.

Thank you, Mr. Garcia-Diaz, for GAO doing some studies I have asked you to do.

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining on each side. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Florida has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following Sec. __…

I am going to go out and write my own balanced budget.

I expected to arrive here in this Congress and continue with a budget that was balanced by the will and the majority of the House and the Senate.

We have to bring a balanced budget.

I was absolutely shocked at how untrained law enforcement was on how to handle this situation because we lost value.

We need to work through some of that over-regulation and be a little bit more responsive for our farmers.

When you take land out of production, people do not spend as much money in town.