These kinds of situations are intolerable. Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, we cannot tolerate this level of fraud, abuse, taxpayer waste.

I want to thank you and your team for this first look at what appears to be a pretty significant problem with process and implementation with regard to these subsidies.

In recent years this Subcommittee has examined fraud, waste, and abuse in the execution of existing programs, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit.

I thank the gentleman.

We know we are dealing with fraud and abuse in a number of other areas where tax credits and especially refundable tax credits are being utilized.

Last month, this subcommittee and the Subcommittee on Health held a hearing that showed the administration's failure to implement effective eligibility verification systems would result in billions of the dollars in improper payments going…

I have deep concerns about this.

I think he made a very eloquent case for early and aggressive oversight because he certainly made clear that the American people do want accountability.

We know that the Federal Government wastes tens of billions of dollars each year in improper payments--what we don't know is how much more will be wasted under ObamaCare's new federal subsidies.

This is all very troubling, and I am glad you are going to continue taking a more in depth look at this.

I have introduced H.R. 4158, which would create a special inspector general to monitor the Affordable Care Act, or SIGMA.

I think we need to send a strong signal to the Chinese to reach that level of ambition on ITA.

The Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, which I chair, launched this investigation about 2 years ago into the targeting of conservative organizations, and the IRS has continued to be evasive and obstructive. It is unacceptable. We have…

First of all, I want to compliment Chairman Simpson on all the work he has done on this bill, but also the work he has done with me to plus up the harbor maintenance account and the funds available for dredging. It is critically important…

We currently have eight--eight--that are waiting and have been waiting over a year--eight facilities waiting over a year for approval from the Department of Energy. That is before they go through the expensive FERC process. This is why we…

I want to applaud the gentleman from Colorado for bringing this bill to the floor. I wholeheartedly support H.R. 6 for a number of reasons. I also want to address some of the issues that the gentleman from the other side raised. First of…

I would just simply submit that history is a nice guide, but we are in a much more complex negotiating environment with many very difficult 21st century issues.

American leadership is in demand more so than ever before to get this done.

We know from experience where this story leads, and it does not end well for the American taxpayers.

$220 billion over 10 years is significant; and this is just one piece in a budget problem that we have.

The Oversight Subcommittee of Ways and Means has had multiple hearings looking at improper payments in various areas of the Tax Code.

As with many other problems - from stimulus to healthcare.gov--the Administration prefers to spend taxpayer dollars first and ask questions later. The White House took a poorly written law and implemented it incompetently. At the end of…

What is increasingly clear is that even if this system works as intended, there is a potential nightmare scenario developing for the 2015 tax filing season.

This is not what you would do to stimulate economic growth.

Your actions have made an impact in the lives of children, and what we want to do is take it to that next step.