Kevin Brady

If it is so complicated for hospitals to do these appeals, you can imagine what it is like for beneficiaries doing it on their own.

It is unfortunate the Medicare program has such vastly different cost-sharing rules for our seniors or Medicare beneficiaries between the two benefits.

According to the Joint Committee on Taxation, making it permanent will lead to a 10 percent increase in new research here in America. The fact is American companies are going to invest in research. The question is, are they going to do it…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I was touring a hospital in the Rio Grande Valley the other day, and we were going through the critical care unit, with young babies 25, 26 weeks old who in past years would, frankly, have…

I thank the chairman for bringing this important bill, the American Research and Competitiveness Act, to the House floor. This is a bipartisan bill. I am glad not only to be the lead sponsor, but to be working with my friend, a Democrat…

I congratulate Chair Yellen on her appointment to head the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

And don't worry, Madam Chair, knowing Senator Casey she will get a good education.

I believe that actions taken by the Fed helped bring about the economic recovery.

I would list immigration reform, very important in my state, as we have trouble getting in engineers and spouses of doctors at the Mayo Clinic.

Voters should recognize that goosing the stock market through very low interest rates, not to mention the subsidies and handouts to cronies, have contributed to that result.

I have been pleased to hear you express your concerns about the long-term unemployed, Chair Yellen.

I have introduced legislation with my colleague, Dr. McDermott, to expand your authority to exclude individuals and companies from participation in Medicare and other Federal programs.

Unnecessarily burdensome regulation also aggravates our country's long-term fiscal imbalance by inhibiting the natural growth of federal revenues under existing tax law.

It is frustrating that such a simple fix has yet to happen.

Every Member of Congress recognizes the economic justification and the Constitutional authority under the Commerce Clause.

the regulatory horse is now out of the barn and we chase it with poorly designed unworkable regulations.

At the same time, many Members of Congress also recognize that federal regulation has become overly burdensome and costly to job creators and the economy alike.

It is very clear that problems with Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse persist. The Medicare trust fund is already headed toward insolvency and every dollar of fraud is a dollar not dedicated to providing quality care for our Nation's…

I truly believe that preventing fraud is a bipartisan issue and has been a long-standing challenge.

Every dollar lost to Medicare fraud is a dollar stolen from America's elderly and every dollar lost to improper payments, intentional or not, robs from the solvency of this important program.

many Members of Congress also recognize that Federal regulation has become overly burdensome and costly to job creators.

the first step toward reducing red tape and achieving our regulatory goals is better analysis.

I think it was our colleague, Mr. Roskam, that made mention of $75 billion.

These are problems that hurt seniors and erode public confidence in the Medicare program, and to my mind, reading the testimony, are preventable.

Can I get a commitment from you that your agency will work with me and our Committee to stop the nearly $50 billion in improper payments each year?