01/09/2018
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"Part of what we tried to do in the improper payments legislation that Senator McCain and I, Senator Collins and others, Senator Coburn, Senator McCaskill, had worked on is we said basically there are ..."
"That is why over a year ago, President Obama proposed and this Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to help put Americans back to work."
"I have heard estimates for improper payments for Medicare and Medicaid combined on an annual basis, estimates that go up as high as $60 billion a year, maybe even more."
"The other piece of the Recovery Act (RA) was direct Federal spending for projects to help rebuild our physical and economic infrastructure while at the same time preserving jobs."