Bill Cassidy

If they are moving $110 billion a year and we are only getting $7 billion, it begs the question.

It is estimated cartels move $110 billion a year from the United States to Mexico, but we only confiscate, best as we can tell, about $7 billion.

This seems like nirvana for someone like you. You can sort by provider. You can sort by patient and, I presume, geolocate within this dataset.

This is a mechanism to avoid for a compliance with anti-kickback regulations with government programs.

It tells me--and I have actually seen an even more robust data base than this--that we are futzing around with PDMP's.

But in terms of Mr. Shah's hope that it can be used proactively, relatively few allow a proactive sharing.

Hopefully it will be noted that that is rhetoric; it is not based upon fact.

Again, folks on the left just do not seem to care about those middle-class families paying $40,000 a year.

Well, the SALT tax provision disproportionately affects the wealthy.

Graham-Cassidy aligns incentives. It does not incentivize States to do that sort of trickery, to hose, if you will, the Federal taxpayer.

Now, if you do an audit, I mean, what percent of these transfers are audited?

I accept that, but I am actually more interested in--I am going to follow into trade-based money laundering.

Lawyers, guns, and money--but let us address this problem.

If you are asking for $300 million in software or IT systems to combat fraud, but we are losing $20 billion, then we probably should give you more than $300 million.

$110 billion reportedly moving south, and Treasury is only getting $7 billion of it. That seems to be a big gap.

Frankly, I would like to use that money to pay for the wall. It would not be the Mexican government, it would be the Mexican cartels.

Working in Louisiana--Louisiana-based companies like Builder Supply Company in Shreveport, Iberia Bank based in Lafayette, Gulf Coast Bank in New Orleans, as well as big box stores like Home Depot, Walmart, Best Buy, they are giving…

Are there any other areas in the country, any other states, in which there are similar claims that the BLM has made, but not maintained a claim to land?

Believe me, I want this to be civil because I think we all recognize and we're looking for a solution.

The Federal Government has to be good to its word and cannot, 142 years later, say, oops, we have a mulligan.

That is just a fact.

Gentlemen, thank you for being here.

Our bill, S. 1219, the Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act, would void the 1967 survey of lands near Lake Bistineau.

It is a better system which allows students to better know their return on investment.

It streamlines reporting requirements for colleges--this will be dear to Senator Alexander's heart--saving colleges time and money.