"We applaud Congresswoman Virginia Foxx for introducing H.R. 50, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act."
"Like some of you, I served as an elected official in State and local government, and can testify to the difficulty of balancing a State budget when there are dozens of complicated unfunded Federal man..."
"UMRA was designed to force the Federal Government to estimate and report how much its mandates would cost local and State governments, which was previously not the case."
"I have always admired the purpose and spirit of UMRA, but weaknesses in the law have been exploited in the intervening decades, and they need to be addressed."
"I want to thank our witnesses today, and I also want to thank Mr. Rokita for introducing this bill."
"This kind of fraud and abuse is not a good use of hardworking taxpayer dollars."
"We should not waste a dime of hardworking taxpayer dollars and to excuse this kind of abuse and fraud is unconscionable."
"Well, today, we are not talking about repealing and replacing ObamaCare. We are talking about issues outside that."
"A failed law that has resulted in nearly 5 million Americans losing the health care they liked."
"It's in a death spiral."
"We believe patients--not Washington bureaucrats--should be in charge of their health care decisions."