when people are insured, we have lots of evidence that shows that people get care earlier, they get better care, and they are less likely to die than people who don't have insurance.

are we really saving money if we cut these people off from the kind of preventative or appropriate intervention here?

CISPA stands alone in failing to follow this common wisdom.

But those successes are not universally shared. Inequality is at its highest point since the Great Depression, unemployment is stuck hovering around 8 percent and wages are stagnant--as they have been for decades--for most American workers.

I strongly support approval of the Honest Budget Act in its entirety, and I welcome any future hearings this Committee may hold to examine its various provisions.

As you begin work on this year's budget resolution, I encourage you to look with a clear eye towards the state of our economy, American workers, and the nation as a whole.

It's been said before many times--and it remains true--that budgets are moral documents.

Next week, I plan to re-introduce the Honest Budget Act, an important piece of legislation that would address some of the most common accounting tricks used by politicians to hide the truth, confuse the public, and run up the national debt.

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I feel like sometimes we overlook the importance that beneficiaries can play in fighting fraud.

We don't think that that estimate was credible and we asked them to do another one.