Michael Burgess actually said...

"Each of those dollars that is spent inappropriately is a dollar not spent on a patient, and is, in fact, a wasted taxpayer dollar."

"I think it is important to put this discussion of improper payment rates in context with large scale financing of other public and private sector programs."

"Medicaid, a program that is entirely under our jurisdiction in the Energy and Commerce Committee, is a vital program that covers and provides care for some of the nation's most vulnerable populations."

"I do want to point out that the recently passed H.R. 2, that this committee had a great hand in getting started, and shepherding through the legislative process, and ultimately it was signed by the Pr..."