Jackie Speier

Well, there should be now under the Affordable Care Act.

I think that this would be ripe for a hearing on just looking at children under the age of 18 who are eligible for SSI because of ADHD.

I'm a big believer in allowing whistleblowers protection and compensation when they come forward.

I don't think you can represent both sides adequately, frankly.

So in hindsight now, do you feel that there should be some role for a person like you in each office to review the work of judges to see if there is any kind of collaboration going on?

Can we talk about the under 18 group, because I've never seen them actually defined that way before.

I mean, He's part of the cabal?

Mr. Chairman, thank you. Thank you for holding this hearing. I thank all the witnesses for participating.

Maybe in a subsequent conversation we can ask Mr. Sklar.

So the likelihood of getting repayment is not very good. So I guess I'm trying to look at ways of discouraging the fraudulent applicant from even coming forward.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think Americans would applaud the creation of any job, green or otherwise, and I am, I guess, bullish on the wind industry, in part, because we are making it in America.

Our government is in a shutdown, 800,000 Federal employees are furloughed, and Congress has abdicated its fundamental constitutional responsibility to fund the government.

When we do, as we often do, is not act until the last minute, do this lurching forward as we have this year.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

You recommended him for a retention bonus, which you did, correct?

The taxpayer shouldn't have to pick up the tab for that. We should be able to cover that cost as well.

I am concerned about, one, he is in debt to the American people, having ripped them off about $800,000.

This is an absolute disgrace. This is stealing money from the American People.

We have no idea what you're going through. Even those of us who have lost spouses and endured horrific experiences have no idea, but we are a grateful country for the service of your sons, and we want to see that the truth bears out.

Do you agree the President of the United States and Secretary of State: 'do not care about people in harm's way?'

When, I ask, will we ever listen to the facts? These are the facts.

There is 83 years worth of service to this country by these two men, and they are being treated shabbily.

The very nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has said that we will save $1.3 trillion over the next two decades with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

The hope is that for the 45 million Americans who have no insurance whatsoever, that the Affordable Care Act will place them on equal status with all of us.