Washington, DC - After President Biden once again declared “the watchdogs are back” during the State of the Union yesterday, a hearing on unemployment insurance fraud convened by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) revealed that the federal government still does not know exactly how much money was stolen by criminals in ...
Hearing Information
Wednesday, February 8, 2022 at 1o:00 AM.
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Advisory
WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) shined a spotlight today on how Democrats, at every turn, blocked investigations into the greatest theft of taxpayer dollars in American history. In the new majority, Republicans are investigating what exactly is being done or not done to determine the size, scope, and severity of ...
WASHINGTON, DC - In response to the Biden Administration’s failure to provide timely accountings of the size, scope, and severity of pandemic fraud perpetrated on the American public, House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) sent a ...
As the scandal involving NFL-quarterback Brett Favre and the misuse of welfare dollars in the state of Mississippi makes clear, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program needs serious reform, warns Ways and Means Republicans. Led by Republican Leader Rep. Kevin ...
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In a series of letters to top officials, Ways and Means Republicans have laid the groundwork for an onslaught of investigations into the Biden Administration’s abuses of power. The Committee will track down the waste of taxpayer dollars, fight for transparency, and hold the Administration accountable for its unprecedented executive overreach.
Here’s how Republican Leader ...
With less than a month before the 2022 midterm elections, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent a mailer to 9 million Americans informing them that they may be eligible to apply for tax credits. The IRS also took the unusual step of extending the typical deadline for such filing by a month. The timing of the mailers seems both “suspicious” and “political” – especially given that ...
Given a new Inspector General report revealing that nearly half of pandemic unemployment benefits may have been improperly paid, Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady ...
A new report from the Labor Department’s Inspector General (DOL-OIG) reviewed pandemic unemployment benefits in just four states over a six-month period, finding that 42 percent of funds were improperly paid and estimating nearly 14 percent, or nearly $10 billion, likely went to ...