It stands to reason, does it not, that when you limit the number of plans, you create an incentive for price increases.

And then you have taken 60,000 plans nationwide across the board off the table.

Thank you very much. The gentleman yields back. I now recognize the gentleman from Texas, Dr. Burgess, for his 5 minutes of questioning.

It is obvious from the testimony that a staggering amount of information is collected on Americans every day, frequently without their knowledge or consent.

I am particularly concerned with the implications that has on the sick, the elderly, the youth, and the military.

Many of my constituents would agree with you, Mr. Duncan.

I want to talk about the Fourth Amendment, because this is one of the places where I think we don't spend nearly enough time talking about it.

We will never know what they were doing at that point in history and whether or not something bad was about to happen inside the lab.

it is incomprehensible to me that the NIH continues to fund EcoHealth Alliance when they failed to secure the documents required by their contracts

I think we are all very concerned about it.

Have you done that with EcoHealth Alliance?

I think it is clear and convincing evidence that it came out of the lab. I think it was an accident.

We will focus on three critical areas that are plagued with issues and concerns that we must address moving forward.

I see this kind of a breach as an attorney. I see this kind of a breach. I ain't doing business with those people anymore.

The HHS Inspector General's office has done excellent work to shed light on this crisis.

Today's hearing is long overdue.

The opposite sides of the aisle may not agree on the policies that brought these children to our border, but once they are in our care and we have taken responsibility for them, I think we all agree that they ought to be taken care of…

It is my intent to have Inspectors General testifying before us on a regular basis.

We are here today to discuss a very serious problem, one that the Biden administration and the previously Democratic-controlled Congress have avoided talking about for the last 2 years.

So they are dealing with what you all identified previously as some potential ethical problems.

This unrestrained spending must end.

We all have a daunting task ahead protecting real American taxpayer dollars, not Monopoly money.

going forward, you are--what you are saying is you think that Congress should put ample amounts for the inspector general's offices into any significant spending increase.

My Republican colleagues and I understand our constituents back home have sent us to Washington to protect their hard-earned American taxpayer dollars.

I hope, as you are asking those questions, you will ask if they have safeguards to make sure that we don't end up with another Solyndra problem.