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Lock-in programs are an important tool that can be used to address doctor shopping by locking beneficiaries who have abused the Medicaid program in to one prescriber, one pharmacy, or both for receiving prescriptions.
The Family First Act proposal put forth by Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Wyden recognizes that states need access to reliable federal funds.
Put simply, opioid abuse has become an epidemic and a significant public health problem.
Unfortunately, opioids also have qualities that make them addictive and prone to abuse.
I thank Chairman Hatch and all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, because I hope we can pursue these reforms soon.
The good news is that there is wide recognition of the problem and shared interest in finding solutions.
Opioids are a powerful class of drugs prescribed to treat severe pain.
America's tax dollars should be spent more wisely, and the Finance Committee has an opportunity to find the right mix.
How convenient. You have no records of what is destroyed and when.
Why does it take almost 5 years to get the message that you should not be destroying things? Why does it take so long?
Do you see why we have zero confidence in the record retention policy and the ability to execute on it?
Congress has been investigating the IRS since 2011, and you are just now getting the memo to start preserving things in 2016?
It's a pleasure to welcome everyone to today's hearing, which will be our third and final hearing on the President's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017.
The United States is engaged in equipping and financing the sale of highly-technological, fourth and fifth generation fixed and rotary winged aircraft to Middle Eastern partners for counter-terrorism efforts.
Long term peace will require a political resolution between the various competing actors inside Yemen.
Maximizing U.S. influence on global nuclear safety, security and nonproliferation is a concern of this Committee, and we cannot achieve this goal without an effective and efficient nuclear export authorization process.
I think you have seen the direction that Congress has given in last year's NDAA. Any deviation from that would be problematic at best.