Medicare beneficiaries’ access to physician’s services
Posted by: Dan Burton (05-09-2008, 12:32 PM)

Good afternoon friends. I recently co-signed a letter to Chairman Rangel of the Committee on Ways and Means and the Ranking Republican Members in an effort to encourage working collectively to protect Medicare beneficiaries’ access to physician’s services. As you know, Medicare seniors look to their doctor as the key professional in charge of their care. A stable payment structure for physician services is critical. I want to make sure that my colleagues and I work together in a bipartisan fashion to enact legislation early in this year to stop Medicare cuts.

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Tips to reduce the amount of gas you use
Posted by: Kerry Byrne (05-01-2008, 01:16 PM)

Aggressive driving (speeding, rapid acceleration and braking) wastes gas. It can lower your gas mileage by 33 percent at highway speeds and by 5 percent around town. Sensible driving is ...

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Saving taxpayers millions
Posted by: Dan Burton (05-01-2008, 08:07 AM)

Good morning friends. According to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), there is currently a Federal government backlog of more than 21,000 assets and properties worth $18 billion, and it costs Federal agencies millions of dollars a year to maintain and secure these properties. Investigations by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) have also revealed that many properties in the Federal inventory are no longer relevant to their agencies’ missions, and that agencies could give greater attention to maintaining a streamlined Federal inventory by identifying and disposing of unneeded properties. I am proud to inform you of my co-sponsorship of HR 5787. This bill would help agencies deal with the administrative burdens of preparing underutilized properties for transfer or sale by allowing the GSA, in cooperation with Federal agencies, to use its resources and expertise to cover these up-front costs and help agencies ensure that title records, property descriptions, and environmental clearances are in order. The GSA would then be reimbursed for the costs it incurs from the proceeds that agencies receive from the transfer or sale of such properties. This bill would save taxpayers millions of dollars and encourage greater government efficiency.

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Convicted illegal aliens
Posted by: Dan Burton (04-29-2008, 03:25 PM)

Good afternoon friends. As of February 2008, eight countries were refusing to repatriate a total of over 139,000 aliens who are here in the U.S. illegally. Shockingly, more than 18,000 of them are convicted criminals who have been released back onto American streets. That is why I am a cosponsor of HR 5761, a bill that would improve our immigration enforcement system by sanctioning countries that refuse to repatriate criminals and those under a final order of removal. Streamlining the deportation process and insisting that countries repatriate illegal aliens who have been convicted of crimes in the U.S. will free substantial ICE resources, and help to close our government's credibility gap on immigration enforcement.

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Voter Fraud
Posted by: Dan Burton (04-28-2008, 02:33 PM)

Good afternoon friends. It is essential that our election system does not fall victim to rampant voter fraud. The confusion that accompanies registering to vote, especially in conjunction with applying for a driver’s license, has left an untold number of noncitizens on voting rolls, and in legal peril. While the number of illegally registered voters is impossible to pin down exactly, the problem cannot be ignored. That is why I am co-sponsoring HR 5695, the Noncitizen Voting Prevention Act of 2008. Congress must ensure that the collective voice of America’s citizens, most powerfully expressed in the right to vote, is not diluted by illegal ballots.

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