On the recordDecember 7, 2015
Again, I want to thank my friend, Mrs. Bustos, for her leadership on this very important issue. I, also, in closing, just want to say to my friend from South Carolina, part of improper payments is also fraud, and the biggest chunk of that is Medicare fraud. We need the help of U.S. Attorney's Offices to go after that. I am aware of one U.S. Attorney's Office last year that identified and recovered $3 billion of Medicare fraud. Now, I believe there are 99 U.S. Attorney's Offices in the United States. If every one of them made going after this fraud a priority, I assure you, we could significantly reduce improper payments by a commensurate amount. I would be glad to work with him and my friend, Mrs. Bustos, on a bipartisan basis to address that aspect of it as well. Again, I want to thank Mr. Mulvaney for his leadership and for the bipartisan approach we have approached this legislation. We have no more speakers on our side, Mr. Speaker. I yield back the balance of my time.
