Vern Buchanan

We are looking to do IRS reform, and this is one of the biggest areas. I think we have to find a way that people can get these disputes settled.

When you have a large program, 600 billion--650 billion, 10 percent is over a billion dollars a week in improper payments.

Understanding payment errors is important, as every dollar reported lost in error serves to undermine the good works of the program.

Bad actors are real, and it is important that we continue to provide support for the effort to combat fraud.

We have a responsibility to all of them and to the taxpayers to ensure that care is high quality.

I agree with my friend, Mr. Larson, that Social Security, I think, is one of the best programs on the planet.

I also would like to comment on Jim Bunning. As a young kid growing up in Detroit, he was a hero to a lot of us.

I think it is something we need to look at.

I am a free trader, but I think trade needs to be a win-win.

I thank the distinguished chairman for yielding and for his incredible support for our Nation's law enforcement officers. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Thin Blue Line Act, legislation I have introduced to support our Nation's…

I want to thank you upfront for your leadership and service over a lot of years.

Well, that is one area I would think that identity theft--that we could work together on.

Last September, the House overwhelmingly passed, under suspension, H.R. 3957--the Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act, introduced by Rep. Vern Buchanan.

Congress should take up and enact this legislation this year.

It just seems like it has accelerated to the point of being absurd that typical individuals--it is not unusual in my area in Florida, Sarasota Florida, a couple could be paying $2,000 a month for health care.

We have got to find a way to work together on a bipartisan basis to look at Social Security long term.

This bill makes a slight change to the existing law in order to help struggling farmers. The U.S. citrus industry faces a grave threat from an incurable bacterial disease called citrus greening. While not harmful to humans, it results in…

I urge Members to pass this bill so that struggling farmers can have the flexibility to use the existing provisions of the Tax Code in a more ownership-type structure. Without this change, we run the risk of losing tens of thousands of…

I know we have gone from 11 percent unemployment down to 4 or 5.

We know that every tax is money out of a business owner's pocket, and we would rather them use that money to hire more people or give more benefits or use the money as they see fit.

One thing we should all agree on is reducing fraud in unemployment insurance.

I was completely shocked to read that a man from New Madrid County in southeast Missouri in our congressional district was convicted of a variety of fraud charges.

Again, this is bipartisan, bicameral legislation. It takes important steps to keep more children safely at home and out of foster care. Under the current law, most Federal funding for child welfare is directed toward reimbursing States…

The Nation is in the grips of an opioid and heroin epidemic, which, according to States, is responsible for recent spikes in the need for out-of-home foster care placement after more than a decade of decline. Under current child welfare…

I introduced the Preserving Patient Act to Post-Acute Hospital Care, H.R. 4650.