00:00Objection. The gentleman is recognized for one minute.
00:02Mr. Speaker, this week, the Energy and Commerce Committee finally attacked fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicaid system.
00:09I think every American knows that when a government runs a program, there's fraud, waste, and abuse, and that's exactly what it dealt with.
00:17For instance, one million people have committed fraud against the Medicaid system by being enrolled in two states.
00:25One million people. And my colleagues across the aisle think it's a bad idea to eliminate that fraud, waste, and abuse because they all voted against it.
00:36This chart shows what actually happens when you eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse and the Republicans increase spending in Medicaid by 25% over the next 10 years
00:47for the people who really need it. The pregnant women, the children, the disabled, the blind, the elderly.
00:53And we did it eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse. I yield back.
