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  • CNS News: Bachmann: 'Is Government God? ... That's Really the Issue at Hand'
    Jun 8, 2012  - By Elizabeth Harrington In explaining her opposition to a Health and Human Services regulation that requires virtually all health-care plans to cover sterilizations, artificial contraception and abortifacients, Rep. Michele Bahmann said Friday that the issue involved in this mandate was whether the ... More
  • Bachmann Addresses Oversight Medicaid Hearing; Calls for Immediate MN Medicaid Audit
    Jun 7, 2012  - Today, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) addressed the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management hearing titled “Assessing Medicare and Medicaid Program Integrity.” Bachmann provided a statement (below) about h... More
  • ICYMI: Star Tribune: Editorial: Congress sharpens Medicaid questions
    May 29, 2012  - Minnesota won't start its new, independent audits of the state's controversial $4 billion-a-year Medicaid contracting until 2014 at the earliest. Congressional Republicans, however, are signaling strongly that this new outside financial review should begin sooner and should prioritize the contracts ... More
  • Bachmann Votes In Favor of the Interest Rate Reduction Act
    Apr 27, 2012  - Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) released the following statement after Friday’s vote in the House of Representatives supporting the Interest Rate Reduction Act: “I voted in favor of H.R. 4628, the Interest Rate Reduction Act, which will keep the interest rate for federally subsidized Stafford... More
  • Bachmann Testifies about Medicaid Fraud at Oversight Committee Hearing
    Apr 25, 2012  - (Washington, D.C.) Today, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) testified at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing titled, “Is Government Adequately Protecting Taxpayers from Medicaid Fraud?” Bachmann joined the panel of witnesses because of her work in helping to bring allegati... More
  • Bachmann to Testify at Oversight Committee Hearing on Medicaid Fraud
    Apr 24, 2012  - Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 25, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) will testify at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing titled, “Is Government Adequately Protecting Taxpayers from Medicaid Fraud?” The hearing comes after allegations of serious fraud have emerged within th... More
  • Bachmann Releases Statement on Latest Unemployment Numbers
    Mar 9, 2012  - Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) released the following statement regarding the latest unemployment numbers reported today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the need for real job creating solutions: “Today’s jobs numbers will elicit elation from President Obama, but for the millions o... More
  • An Anniversary of Failure
    Feb 17, 2012  - Three years ago, newly elected President Obama sat down with Matt Lauer of “The TODAY Show” to discuss the American Jobs and Recovery Act – the “stimulus” bill. The bill, if successful, would spend $1.2 trillion dollars in order to jumpstart our sluggish economy and “save or create 3.5 million” Amer... More
  • Bachmann Votes for Balanced Budget Amendment
    Nov 18, 2011  - Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) released the following statement after voting today for House Joint Resolution 2, the Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA): “I was proud to vote yes on H. J. Res 2, the Balanced Budget Amendment. With America now $15 trillion dollars in debt, our nation is in desper... More
  • My Opposition to Raising Our Debt Limit
    Jul 29, 2011  - Washington needs fundamental changes to the way it spends taxpayer dollars. Never has this kind of change been more urgent than now, when the federal government is running a deficit of $14.3 trillion. Right now, every household in America bears a burden of $130,000, and every individual owes $46,600... More