This came across the wire from Congressman Gary Miller’s office.

Bill to Eliminate Wasteful Spending on Underused Federal Properties Passes House

On Tuesday, the House passed legislation that will save billions of taxpayer dollars by eliminating wasteful spending on underused properties owned by the federal government.  In Fiscal Year 2009 alone, the federal government spent $1.7 billion to Read the rest of this entry »

February 3, 2012

House Votes to Repeal Unworkable CLASS Act

On Wednesday, the House voted to repeal the CLASS Act, the long-term entitlement program included in the President’s health care law. Late last year, the Obama Administration was forced to cancel the program’s implementation because it could not certify that the program would be fiscally sustainable in the long term, confirming concerns raised by the Chief Actuary for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid shortly after the health care law was enacted. While some have argued that repeal is unnecessary, the non-partisan Congressional Research Service has indicated that if left in place, a federal court could force the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement the CLASS Act, despite these serious concerns about its future solvency. Congressman Miller hopes that the Senate will act quickly to take this unworkable program off the books and work with the House to address access to quality, long term care without busting the deficit and hindering job creation and economic growth.

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