[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8017]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                              THE SAVE ACT

  (Mr. JOYCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOYCE. Mr. Speaker, every day, we talk about the need to cut 
spending and government waste in order to promote economic stability 
and to grow our economy. That's why I've introduced a bill to do just 
that.
  The SAVE Act would cut $200 billion over 10 years by eliminating the 
duplicative and inefficient spending within the government. This bill 
has already received bipartisan support. In fact, these cuts were 
outlined in the President's own GAO report. They include: cutting $137 
million by eliminating duplicative catfish studies; saving taxpayers 
$33 billion by reducing Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse; and 
forcing government agencies to act more like the private sector with 
contract bidding, saving taxpayers $80 billion.
  These are commonsense and practical cuts, and I urge my colleagues to 
join me in supporting the SAVE Act.

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