[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9577]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       RETURN TO THE CONSTITUTION

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, over $1 billion in Federal grants have been 
wasted on poorly functioning State ObamaCare exchanges, including a 
reported $655 million for three exchanges that have been completely 
shut down. These failed Web sites fit into a long line of government 
information technology projects that are over budget and 
underperforming.
  Repeated attempts to build an electronic system that would allow the 
Defense Department and the VA to share medical records have failed, 
despite billions spent. This is a significant contributing factor to 
many of the VA's problems.
  Mr. Speaker, it is increasingly clear that the government is simply 
unable to procure IT products at a reasonable cost. With the Internet's 
growing role in nearly all commerce and communication, this is yet 
another reason to stop expanding the reach of the bureaucracy and 
return our government to its constitutionally defined limits.

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