"But as important as combatting fraud and abuse in Medicaid is, policymakers should keep it in perspective."
"I take a backseat to no one on program integrity issues in the Medicaid program."
"Program integrity problems are, however, not new."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. It's good to be back for another session of Congress."
"There is simply nothing in the recent reviews of program integrity that justify the policy proposals that are now on the table."
"The EPA has not always received the support it deserves from Congress."
"After discovering this massive cheating scheme, the Obama administration brought multiple parties to the table, including VW, the State of California, and the Federal Government, and they reached a pa..."
"So the bulk of the settlement is either dedicated to fixing or replacing the cars, to stop the ongoing harm, and then about a third of the settlement is designed to mitigate or reverse the damage that..."
"I think this is a pretty good compromise. And we should--we should continue to oversee this to make sure that both that the consumers are made whole and that the environment is protected."
"We need to send a clear and unambiguous message that we are committed to working with the rest of the world to combat climate change."
"What they want is they want clean air, they want clean water, they want safe drinking water."