[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 121 (Monday, September 16, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 NO SUBSIDIES WITHOUT VERIFICATION ACT

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                               speech of

                          HON. KENNY MARCHANT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 12, 2013

  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, the government has enough trouble ending 
waste, fraud, and abuse that is already currently occurring. We should 
not knowingly allow even more to occur.
  This is why I am a cosponsor of H.R. 2775, legislation that we will 
soon vote on that will prohibit taxpayer funded subsidies to 
individuals without income verification. The Administration has had 
three and a half years to implement a system to verify that only those 
individuals who qualify for a taxpayer funded subsidy will receive 
them. Despite having significant time, the Administration has failed to 
safeguard taxpayers from even more waste, fraud, and abuse.
  I urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting this legislation 
that will protect taxpayers until the Administration can establish a 
better form of income verification than the honor system.

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