That is a very good point.

We really need to look at what other approaches are out there that can either get better results or at least control the costs better.

We are up to about $72 billion worth of improper payments, mostly overpayments.

What do we need to be doing here in the legislative side, in this hearing?

Well, I applaud those efforts and urge you to continue them.

We have a lot of contractors hungry for work and anxious to bid.

The OMB needs to provide additional guidance to help people determine the amount of jobs created and preserved.

We have been going after and trying to recover money from Medicare, a lot of it fraud.

As much help as there is for States to offset the draconian cuts, that States are still going to be in a big hole for the next 3 years.

The importance of the Single Audit process is, I think, magnified, rather than minimized, by the Recovery Act's emphasis on accountability.

there is nothing that is more effective, maybe, than cuffing somebody that has been behaving, not just badly, but criminally.