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September 12, 2012
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Good morning and welcome to our hearing on the direct deposit of Social Security benefits. Back in 1996, Congress passed the Debt Collection Improvement Act, which required electronic payment of federal benefits, including Social Security benefits. Not only does the direct deposit of benefits help ...
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September 12, 2012
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Let me first say that our thoughts are with Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger as he continues to recover in California from hip replacement surgery and a recent case of the flu. I know I speak for all of us when I say that we wish him well and hope for a speedy recovery. We are here today to...
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September 11, 2012
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Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s implementation and administration of the President’s health care law. Before we begin this morning, it is appropriate to recall that eleven years ago, almost to the hour, our nation was savagely attacked. After these 11 y...
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August 1, 2012
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(Remarks as Prepared) Good morning. We welcome our colleagues from the Subcommittee on Health who join us today to focus on the importance of removing Social Security numbers from Medicare cards. For many years now, protecting the Social Security number has been a priority of the Ways and Means Comm...
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August 1, 2012
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(Remarks as Prepared) Thank you, Chairman Johnson. I’m pleased the Subcommittees are meeting today to discuss what I consider to be a common sense, bipartisan idea that will help protect our nation’s seniors, brought before the Committee by Chairman Johnson and Congressman Doggett. Medicare benefic...
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July 31, 2012
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Mr. Chairman, it may be déjà vu all over again, but we don’t have to do the same thing all over again. This year marks the third time in the last five years that core tax rates on either individual or investment incomes have been scheduled to expire. That’s no way to run a country, and it’s no way ...
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July 26, 2012
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I want to welcome all of you to the markup of the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012. With unemployment stuck above eight percent, we cannot miss any opportunity to help create jobs and expand our exports. This bill is such an opportunity. That is why this legislation enjoys such b...
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July 25, 2012
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(Remarks as Prepared) Welcome to this morning’s hearing on public charities. This hearing is the second in a series of hearings exploring tax-exempt issues and IRS compliance efforts. The focus of today’s hearing is on 501(c)(3) public charities, the largest category of tax-exempt organizations. In...
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July 25, 2012
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(Remarks as Prepared) Good afternoon. In today’s hearing, we will review how technology is being used to improve the administration of the Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, program. As the nation’s largest Federal means-tested cash assistance program, SSI is sometimes called “the other welfare....
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July 24, 2012
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The Subcommittee will come to order. We are meeting today to hear from physician organizations who are working to improve the quality of care delivered to patients. These initiatives have been shown to be successful and may hold promise as we seek to reform and update the Medicare physician payment ...
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