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Today, Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services made the announcement to appoint new Regional Directors.

Today, the Secretary took groundbreaking steps to demonstrate leadership by interrupting the status quo of the previous Regional Directors' commitments to maintaining the states breathtakingly blatant revenue-maximizing schemes in the arenas of Medicare and Medicaid.

Breaking up the coital partnerships of the previous Region Directors with the states will be a severely traumatic event as, we all shall hope, the newly appointed Regional Directors will adopt a more ethical position in the execution of their duties to assure the public that the states are meeting their federal mandates for grant funding, particularly Medicaid.

Fraud of any kind is a threat to our nation's economic security, now, and in the future. Ending fraud in child welfare is the onus of society.

Madame Secretary, I extend my deepest gratitude, with sincerity and serenity for listening to me.

* Cristal Thomas, Regional Director Region V (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
* Marjorie McColl Petty, Regional Director Region VI, (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)
* Judy Baker, Regional Director Region VII (IA, KS, MO, NE)
* Susan M.R. Johnson, Regional Director Region X (AK, ID, OR, WA)

My eyes are affixed. Women with skills.