[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5900]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         CMS ON STATE EXCHANGES

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, thanks to a report by the House Energy and 
Commerce Committee, we now know that a top CMS official misled Congress 
during a hearing that was investigating wasted funds on ObamaCare State 
exchanges. I have the report right here in my hand.
  When ObamaCare was enacted, the President freely gave taxpayer money 
to States to establish these State exchanges. Since then, exchanges in 
Oregon, New Mexico, Hawaii, Nevada, among others, have failed and 
billions of taxpayer dollars have been squandered. I think I speak for 
the American taxpayer when I ask: Where is all the leftover money?
  My legislation, H.R. 4262, addresses this problem by establishing a 
plan to recoup Federal funds and, most importantly, protect American 
taxpayers from having to pay back the balance.
  Clearly, State exchanges are a mess if a CMS administrator cannot 
speak correctly or accurately on them. Faulty State exchanges are not 
going away. It is a problem that is only just beginning, and it is 
going to get worse.
  I thank the committee for their investigation, and I urge my 
colleagues to support my legislation, the Transparency and 
Accountability of Failed Exchanges Act.

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