Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Reed), one of the new leaders, a freshman Member of the House Ways and Means Committees, a gentleman who with his brother has run a successful business for 15 years and…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I think there is bipartisan agreement--Republicans and Democrats--on extending unemployment benefits for a full year. Clearly, we're in tough economic times. But here we are 2\1/2\…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Look, if you think what's working is fine, we don't need to change anything. You think 27 million people trying to find a full-time job, many of them who have been out of work for 6…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden), one of the leaders of getting this economy and America back on track and people back into good-paying jobs.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Renacci), a small business owner, himself, who has helped create 1,500 new jobs in the United States.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Berg), one of the new freshman members of the Ways and Means Committee who has taken a leadership role, who understands it's not an unemployment check the…

I think in some respects they need to be more severe or they need to--there needs to be more of a penalty.

Thank you, sir.

Since 1999, the St. Louis CDI unit has closed more than 1,900 cases, resulting in more than $84 million in projected SSA program savings.

We in the OIG share that enthusiasm. We look forward to continuing to assist SSA in this vitally important and growing initiative.

In those cases that we present to the U.S. Attorney's Office for prosecution, it could range from anywhere to probation to some time in prison, depending on what the loss is to the government.