Waste and fraud in the Medicare system is not a minor issue.

Fraud and waste in these programs hurt the American taxpayer no less than if someone lifted their wallets.

Mr. President. I am honored today to be able to pay tribute to a truly remarkable woman, and world-renowned dental consultant--Dr. Rella P. Christensen. Appropriately, at its 35th Anniversary Celebration in Las Vegas, on May 18, 2012, the…

While there is certainly much to point to in terms of enforcement results over the past year, I am somewhat curious about what tangible and quantifiable results CMS has seen from the money and tools specifically given to them.

Government should be able to do a better job of that.

Taxpayers have reason to be angry about the levels of waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid.

My dad's dad was not a polygamist. My dad grew up in a family with a mom and a dad and a few brothers and one sister.

I'm not anti-immigrant. My father was born in Mexico.

I'm certainly not going to apologize for my dad and his success in life. He was born poor. He worked his way to become very successful, despite the fact that he didn't have a college degree.

You know, I think this campaign is going to ultimately become about jobs, not dogs.

Reclaiming my time from the point at which I said I was reclaiming my time. And I ask that he be taxed for that extra time because he already gave me his answer--that, yes, it would be deemed to be passed. I just want to remind people, in…

I would yield my time for the purpose of your answering my question. The Speaker has declined to answer my parliamentary query and said that that would be settled during the debate. So is it your understanding that passage of this…

I yield 2 minutes to my good friend and neighbor from the great State of Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).

Mr. Speaker, I was so happy this week when I learned from our Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, that the Republicans are now prepared to realize that women are a very important part of the economy. And that is why I'm wondering why…

Mr. Speaker, I raise a point of order against H. Res. 614 because the resolution violates section 426(a) of the Congressional Budget Act. The resolution contains a waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill, which…

Mr. Speaker, I raise this point of order not necessarily out of concern for unfunded mandates, although there are likely some in the underlying bill, H.R. 4089. But before I begin, Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER…

The rule clearly states, ``Pending the adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2013, the provisions of House Concurrent Resolution 112, as adopted by the House, shall have the force and effect in the House as…

Okay. We will have to debate this. The language, as I have construed it, says it shall have force and effect in the House as though Congress, which would include the Senate, had adopted such concurrent resolution. That is subject to…