Manan Trivedi Statement on Cutting Government Waste and Fraud

Manan Trivedi Statement on Cutting Government Waste and Fraud

ELVERSON, Pa - The following is a statement by the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district, Manan Trivedi, in response to President Obama signing the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act.

"I have long been concerned about the widespread waste and inefficiencies in our federal government. Today, with the stroke of the president's pen, we took an essential step that will begin to restore fiscal discipline to our nation's government by cracking down on fraud and cleaning up waste. The law will ensure that our hard-earned taxpayer dollars no longer go to scam artists or companies unwilling to play by the rules, recover funds lost to improper payments, and incentivize auditors to root out and eliminate even more fraud and abuse in our system.

"With our economy so saddled with debt, the federal government has to be a better steward of the people's money and restore balance to our budget, and the tens of billions of dollars that will be saved under this law is a crucial piece of that. But more work must be done. In Congress, I will stand up to out-of-control government spending, increase accountability and transparency in contracting and expenditures, and restore basic fiscal sense to our government."

Manan Trivedi is the Democratic nominee for Congress in Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District. He is a primary care physician, a former Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy, and an Iraq War veteran from Berks County.


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