If we want to incentivize people to be whistleblowers, why don't we at least try to protect them?

But, we could say, well, we are getting $600 million, $700 million, that is a pretty good way to measure success.

Somebody else? Dr. Jensen.

I also understand that there is still considerable debate over inherently safer technologies.

I believe that the Federal Government has an obligation to work with States to identify what works for a particular facility rather than imposing strict mandates that might hurt, we will say, a company as a whole.

It makes us all better, and I appreciate the ability to be able to participate in this hearing.

Dedicated those errors or dedicated the resources? You said 'dedicated those errors,' but you mean dedicated resources.

Do you need congressional authorization, do you need legislation to allow the recovery audit contractors to work in the Medicare Part D vineyards?

What more should we be doing, Ms. King?

It is not enough to be good. You have to be great and continue to get better.

Let me just interrupt you if I can. I mentioned earlier the program that we are running, initially in three States, with the recovery audit contractors where we recovered through last year about $700 million.

One of the ideas is to allow the employees who stop smoking, lose weight, control their cholesterol, control their blood pressure to actually receive premium discounts for up to 30 percent if they do the right thing for themselves and for…

I think your idea of asking GAO to come back to us in about 6 months is a good one.

We know we have these huge budget deficits. We know the Medicare trust fund is running out of money.

It is a serious issue, and the oversight of prescription drugs is incredibly important.

If we want to recover these monies, in some cases prevent the fraud from occurring but recover monies that have been defrauded.

I think it is time we take a very hard look at this program as to whether or not the taxpayers are getting a bang for their buck.

All right. So that means by the end of next calendar year?

I think there are some very important provisions pending now in health reform that will give CMS more tools to oversee and to strengthen the Part D program.

What do you need in terms of change in attitude, change in direction, change in regulation, change in legislation?

We are going to require them to, and then come back later on this year with some way to incentivize them.

Thanks for coming off the disabled list to be here with all of us today, and thank you also for your service.

We like to learn from our mistakes. What have we learned from the trials of terrorists that we have actually held here and the folks we have imprisoned here?

This increased recommendation of $900 million certainly increases our defenses against attempts to attack us on airplanes.

I will support a request to increase aviation security fees to benefit the budget of the Department of Homeland Security.