William Tauzin: “One out of four. Mr. Kim, you have put your finger on it again. Every…”

On the recordOctober 13, 1995

One out of four. Mr. Kim, you have put your finger on it again. Every time I go to a townhall meeting, I am always asked by someone in the audience the same question. Why do not you Members of Congress spend our money as carefully as you would spend your own? Why do you allow bureaucrats to waste 10 percent of the money that is needed for health care for the senior citizens of America? How do you put up with that? Why do you let it happen? Why do you not be more careful with our taxpayer dollars, as careful as you would be with your own dollars? The truth is it is harder when you are spending someone else's money to be as careful as when you are spending your own. You have to work a little harder. So guess what? In this bill we are putting in more antifraud, waste and abuse procedures; we are putting in more ability of Americans to help us root out the waste, fraud and abuse in this system than this system has ever seen.

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William Tauzin

Republican · Louisiana

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Discussing fiscal responsibility and waste in government spending during a floor speech.

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William Tauzin: “One out of four. Mr. Kim, you have put your finger on it again. Every time I go to a townhall meeting, I am always asked…”

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