"My last question is, in that same article you cite the Supreme Court's decision in USDA v. Murray of 1973."
"our government is not a national government, but a Federal Government"
"From my experience as a former trial judge, I will tell you that if a lawyer came into my courtroom and failed to respond completely and accurately to a request from the other side for information and..."
"I think we could all vouch for that."
"the aggressive growth of the Federal Government and the intrusion of the Federal Government in their lives"
"I would note that the latest estimate I saw is that 18,000 people have lost their lives as a result of this violence since 2006."
"We have to come up with mechanisms--that probably means auditors and people like that--to prevent this from happening in the first place."
"I suspect you will agree with me that criminal prosecution can be an effective deterrent to those who might be tempted to commit future crimes."
"I commend the efforts that you have made and that you described, although I think we would have to all admit that it is just a tiny fraction of the money lost to health care fraud."
"The amounts of money that are essentially stolen from the American people are astronomical."
"The Coast Guard is an agency that has always been asked to do more with less, and we simply cannot continue to expect the same high level of service without sufficient funding."