House Budget Committee Letterhead

Nussle Reports on Efforts to Fight Waste:
$85 to $100 Billion Identified
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Budget Committee
Chairman Jim Nussle:
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"Well, the bad news is that there is still an outrageous amount of waste in federal government programs. In fact, in the span of just over two months, House committees identified waste totaling 85 to 100 billion dollars over 10 years."  -- 10/2/04

Chairman's Entire Statement    Photographs

CP-2: ADDRESSING GOVERNMENT
WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE
PDF 8.7MB   --   TEXT 337 KB
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Chairman Nussle:
'Budget oversight cannot be
one-time or short-term'
Ag Inspector General Phyllis K. Fong
Agriculture
Inspector General
Phyllis K. Fong :
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"Commitment is the driving force of any system of internal controls: management (and Congress) must be willing to commit the necessary resources to the task of preventing and detecting errors and irregularities." -- 7/9/04

Fong's Full Statement  PDF 227 KB   HTML

21 Inspectors General Submit Statements on
Waste, Fraud and Abuse for July 9, 2004 hearing
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Chairman Nussle:
'We need everyone's help to
fight waste, fraud and abuse'
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Comptroller General
David M. Walker :
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"Tackling areas at risk for fraud, waste, abuse & mismanagement will require determination, persistence and sustained attention by both agency managers and Congressional committees."  -- 6/18/04

Walker's Full Statement  PDF 318 KB   HTML
Walker's Slides -- Powerpoint  1,482 KB    PDF  110 KB
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Spending Breakdown 1980

Spending Trends

Spending Breakdown 2002


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