Work and Welfare
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Ways and Means Work & Welfare Subcommittee hearing examining the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood…
Read More (Five Key Moments: Hearing on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program )WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hundreds of millions of dollars in unspent COVID-era unemployment insurance (UI) funds will be returned to taxpayers…
Read More (House Approves Bipartisan Ways & Means Legislation to Recover Nearly $1 Billion in Pandemic-Era Taxpayer Dollars Frozen Due to Fraud)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following statement at a Work & Welfare…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Hearing on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program)WASHINGTON, D.C. – As rampant fraud continues to be uncovered across government programs, the Ways and Means Committee has been…
Read More (What They Are Saying: Ways & Means Legislation Combats Fraud and Protects Benefits for Seniors and Families in Need)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of…
Read More (Chairman Smith: Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Actions to Combat Fraud Underscore Need for Congressional Efforts to Protect Taxpayers, Beneficiaries)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman Darin LaHood (IL-16) delivered the following opening statement at a joint Social…
Read More (Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman LaHood Opening Statement: Hearing with Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following statement during debate in the U.S….
Read More (Chairman Smith Floor Remarks: Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act Defends Against Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars, Improves Integrity of TANF to Better Support Families in Need)New anti-fraud guardrails prevent theft of taxpayer-funded benefits in Medicare, TANF, and unemployment insurance. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Republicans…
Read More (Ways and Means-Approved Policies Fight Fraud In Critical Safety Net Programs)“The policies we will consider today complement President Trump’s new anti-fraud task force by helping recover stolen taxpayer dollars and…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement at Markup of Anti-Fraud, Health, and Social Security Legislation)WASHINGTON, D.C. – America’s foster youth aging out of the child welfare system will have more support and greater opportunities…
Read More (Historic Bipartisan Legislation Championing Foster Youth Approved by House)