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House budgeteers seek fraud-fighting advice

July 18, 2003 Members of the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday grilled General Accounting Office chief David Walker during a hearing on government waste, fraud and abuse, with a key issue being the difficulty of decoding Medicare and tax regulations. The hearing was a result of the Budget Committee's mandate that all ...

Agencies quizzed on management of terror suspects

July 16, 2003 At a hearing Tuesday, members of the Senate Judiciary Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee asked why, almost two years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, federal agencies were allowing terrorism suspects to enter and stay in the United States. Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., ...

NASA personnel bill advances with union support

June 27, 2003 The House Science-Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee approved a measure Thursday that would give NASA greater flexibility in attracting and retaining employees. The panel approved the measure (H.R. 1085) in a voice vote, despite the opposition of Democrats. The ranking Democrat, Bart Gordon of Tennessee, argued that the subcommittee should not ...