WILL EXAMINE SPENDING-REDUCTION INITIATIVES AND HELP IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL SAVINGS

WASHINGTON, MAY 8, 2012 – Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, is holding the fourth in a series of hearings on the Administration’s efforts to identify and eliminate wasteful, duplicative, and excessive spending by agencies under the Committee’s jurisdiction.  This hearing will look at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).    Said Stearns, “HHS is the largest agency under our jurisdiction and second only to the Department of Defense in having the largest budget in the entire federal government.  In this hearing, we will review the results of the Administration’s budget-cutting initiatives and how many were implemented at HHS, as well as help identify additional cuts and spending efficiencies.”

On Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in 2322 RHOB, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing entitled “Budget and Spending Concerns at HHS.”

Witnesses:

Mr. Norris Cochran, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Budget, HHS; Ms. Carolyn L. Yocom, Director, Health Care, U.S. Government Accountability Office; and Mr. James C. Cosgrove, Director, Health Care, U.S. Government Accountability Office.