Studies have shown the average victim of identity theft pays between $400 and $880 and devotes between 400 and 300 hours to remedy problems due to identity theft.

I think in your statement you said that you like the provision about the State attorneys general.

Is it your position that the existing Federal laws... really cover every instance of data breach?

I've drafted a bill along with Senator Rockefeller that we filed on August 5 of this year.

I think the deterrent effect is very important because I think most people who commit Medicare fraud, know that there is a pretty small chance that they will get caught.

I would prefer just to let you ask your questions, and I will ask mine.

Thank you for your tenacious focus on this and your leadership on this issue.

I think that is critical to really go after this, because you are always going to have the people who--have been ripping the system off for a long time.

We think we can meet the President's charge for cutting Medicare errors in half within 3 years.

What would happen if, say, hypothetically, there is a district that is not in yours, but in an adjacent district that may have a problem?

We can play the blame game all we want on this, but the bottom line is, right now, there are lots and lots of locally owned levees that need a lot of work.