According to the Committee for Education Funding, the Republican education agenda is projected to cut over $3 billion from the Department of Education's budget including a $1 billion cut from Title I funding, a program aimed at supporting…

In my comments, I noted that according to FDA records, only 2% of the sutures were recovered in the recall.

The numbers given to me by the FDA were incorrect. In fact, approximately 25% of the sutures were recovered in the recall.

a number of us have introduced H.R. 1495, a bill to provide a prescription drug for everyone in Medicare.

I strongly urge my colleagues to support this bill.

Partial hospitalization is an important component of Medicare. In-patient hospitalization for psychiatric treatment is expensive and disruptive to the person's life.

My colleagues and I are proud to introduce the 'Partial Hospitalization Services Integrity Act of 1999' that will enact much-needed reforms to Medicare's partial hospitalization benefit.

Unfortunately, many dishonest individuals have abused the partial hospitalization program and defrauded the government of millions of dollars.

It is time to act quickly and decisively to preserve a valuable service and to stop the waste, fraud, and abuse perpetrated by unscrupulous operators.

The bill that I am introducing will correct the conditions that lead to the abuse of the program.

The results of that audit represent a clear case of greed and fraud committed by dishonest mental health care providers.

My colleagues and I are proud to introduce the 'Partial Hospitalization Services Integrity Act of 1999' that will enact much-needed reforms to Medicare's partial hospitalization benefit.