Do not be afraid to raise the gas tax. Make it a part of the funding formula.

And if we are not doing that, then we are fooling ourselves. We are not getting accurate information, or we are presented information saying this is worth it, this is making money, when in fact it is not; we are not making logical…

What are the risks to the taxpayer when we pretend that programs raise money for the government while CBO finds that they lose money under fair value? What kind of risk does that present?

And, Mr. Delisle, we are not really talking here about changing programs; we are talking about analyzing them accurately? Is that correct?

The people I represent today have suffered an injustice for more than 40 years, an injustice the legislation currently before this subcommittee would address.

What we have here is something that, unfortunately, we see time and again, especially in the West. The Federal Government in Washington forcing a one-size-fits-all directive on the American people.

An HIT vendor change brings with it new challenges, including data collection and reporting, which are both part of Meaningful Use requirements, as well as patient safety issues.

We very much want to maintain our commitment to the recreational experience in national parks and on public lands.

Man, you live in la la land. That's the problem.

I am having a hard time believing this argument that this bank doesn't pick winners and losers.

And so while the law might in some circumstances be described by its proponents as driving more people into health insurance, it might actually be limiting their options in terms of actually securing health care.

It ain't working.

The younger folks that are healthier are looking at it and saying I'm just better off paying the penalty and not getting health insurance at all because I don't really need it.

I think it is absolutely fundamentally wrong.

Our hearing today concerns recent revelations that the Internal Revenue Service was the target of an organized service breach aimed at roughly 200,000 taxpayer accounts.

It should be clear to everybody that beefing up cyber-security at the IRS must be a top priority

if it wasn't right in the Bush administration, it's not right in the Obama administration. I don't care who's in the White House, it's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong.

Congress plays an important role too, and can help by approving the President's 2016 budget request, which provides for $101 million specifically devoted to identity theft and refund fraud.