[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 146 (Thursday, September 19, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5462]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CUTTING BACK ON WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT SPENDING

  (Ms. CRAIG asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CRAIG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mark the passage of my 
bipartisan bill to cut back on wasteful government spending, the LIVE 
Beneficiaries Act.
  My bill, with my colleague, Representative Gus Bilirakis, passed the 
House with unanimous bipartisan support this week. That level of 
support speaks to just how much sense this bill makes.
  It requires Medicaid to check the death records each quarter, so they 
stop paying benefits to deceased enrollees sooner. Between 2009 and 
2019, more than $249 million in these improper payments were made 
across 14 States, $3.7 million in my State of Minnesota.
  It is a commonsense bill in a town where more common sense is needed.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for 
their support.

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