If today we are asking you about how to make improvements to reach more people in our laws, that would be a reasonable thing, instead of the polemics that are going on here.

It seems to me that the focus of this hearing and the focus of all of our work should be on how we can make this healthcare system work better and deliver services and insure more families instead of speculating about some Court decision.

the easiest thing for this Court to do, and I think the right thing, is to not ignore the other 900 pages of the law and focus solely on four words.

Some of those miscalculations, to some extent, get exaggerated by the fact that so little has been done to update SSI over the years.

There is a serious identity theft issue with the Internal Revenue Service as well.

These are crucial steps with bipartisan support, and I would urge Congress to swiftly pass these important legislation.

I think all of us agree our safety net programs have to reflect our values.

I am as outraged as anyone by the notion that someone who's incarcerated is getting public benefits...

If there is fraud, if there is wrongful payment, it needs to be eliminated so that those individuals these programs were designed to serve have their needs met.

I think it is very important to not conflate identity theft... with the Internal Revenue Service as well.

I support a permanent research and development credit to incentivize more research. The question is: How do we pay for it, and how do we ensure that it actually encourages more jobs, leads to more research and more economic development…