Shouldn't we have that also in our efforts to combat autism?

There are probably tens of millions of cases of autism in Africa.

I believe that sometimes money is just as potent a rationale as ideology.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank our witnesses for being with us this morning.

I think that view is too short-sighted.

I hope that today's hearing is not intended to undermine Medicaid or to provide a political plug for Paul Ryan's plan for block granting Medicaid and dismantling Federal oversight.

The Obama Administration has not taken any serious actions to prevent inappropriate State leveraging of Federal Medicaid money; rather, the stimulus bill made it more advantageous for States to figure out how to game the Federal Medicaid…

Is there any wonder why the American people have lost faith in the way we do things here?

I want to thank you for your very informative and clarifying information.

I don't want to leave here, looking back at my tenure in Congress, and say I was involved in one of those moments where we did nothing and it just got worse.

I have always felt that waste, fraud, and abuse have no place in Government programming.

We must ensure Medicaid remains strong and under Federal oversight and distribution.

I want to thank my friend from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski) for yielding to me. When I think of Jerry Costello, I think of the fact that those of us in Illinois sort of had two go-to members of the Transportation Committee for many years, Bill…

opponents of health reform legislation have unfairly characterized the Affordable Care Act as resulting in 'an unprecedented expansion of the IRS powers.'

This clearly does not pass the Washington sniff test for legitimate use of funds for demonstration purpose.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for calling this hearing. Because understanding health care costs is a very difficult and complex item.

Clearly and simply put, an imperial president is using the power of his administration to play politics with seniors' health care.

This $8.3 billion, unappropriated bailout of the President's flawed Obamacare will do.

The damaging effects of meth that began in the Western States have now infiltrated my State of Illinois.

But only Congress can actually fix this nationwide because, yes, Oregon has a handful of meth labs remaining each year.

It was a huge mistake. Ever since then, we have been putting Band-Aids on the situation for the last 35 years.

While I am a strong proponent of law enforcement techniques and approaches to try and really get a handle and keep the ingredients away or prevent individuals from having the meth to distribute, I guess I am also a strong proponent of…

Estimates place the cost of the meth epidemic to Illinois alone at about $2 billion per year.

Illicit drug use is one of the most challenging difficulties facing our society.