Washington, May 15 -- Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger issued the following press release:

Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Health of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement applauding the Trump administration's sweeping crackdown on Medicaid and Medicare fraud:

"For years, fraudsters have been looting Medicaid and Medicare while Washington looked the other way, and anyone who dared call it out was attacked as heartless or extreme.

"What's being uncovered across this country isn't some anomaly-it's what happens when there's zero accountability and zero consequences.

"These programs were built to serve the most vulnerable Americans, not to be a feeding frenzy for...