or Login to see your representatives.    Public Statements
Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee - How to Save Taxpayer Dollars: Case Studies of
Duplication in the Federal Government   Location: Washington, DC
I want to thank Senators Collins and Lieberman for holding this
important hearing on duplication. Let me make it clear from the
get go; it is the fault of Congress that our federal government
funds thousands of duplicative programs that are wasting
billions of hard earned tax dollars each year.  I want to thank
Comptroller General Dodaro for the invaluable report he and his
team at GAO released in March of this year. This report is a
roadmap for Congress to reduce duplication in our federal
government and I look forward to reviewing and acting on the new
report they release next year. I also want to thank Mr. Kundra
and Mr. Gordon for coming today. It will take commitment from
both the Administration and Congress to eliminate these programs
and save money.  As ment