Work and Welfare
As prepared for delivery. “I want to thank everyone for joining us for today’s hearing on Modernizing Child Welfare…
Read More (Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman LaHood Opening Statement: Hearing on Modernizing Child Welfare to Protect Vulnerable Children)WASHINGTON – Citing a lack of existing guardrails to ensure funds are used to actually help people rejoin the workforce,…
Read More (Smith, LaHood Call on Government Watchdog to Investigate Uses of TANF Funds)WASHINGTON – Official government estimates of fraud in pandemic-era unemployment insurance (UI) programs have doubled within the last six months, reaching…
Read More (Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Estimates Double to $100-$135 Billion; Smith and Crapo Call for Action.)WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and U.S. Senate Finance Committee…
Read More (Smith, Crapo Seek Basic Information on Labor Department’s Fund to Combat Unemployment Insurance Fraud)As prepared for delivery. “My name is Darin LaHood and I represent Illinois’ 16th District, covering much of the central…
Read More (Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman LaHood Opening Statement – Hearing on TANF Non-Assistance Programs)As prepared for delivery. “Thank you Chairman LaHood and Ranking Member Davis for holding this hearing about how Congress can…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Hearing on TANF Non-Assistance Programs)In a new letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08),…
Read More (Ways and Means Republicans Demand Answers on Welfare Fraud in Mississippi Scandal Involving Millions in Misspent Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funds)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Signs reading “Going Out of Business” may soon begin appearing up and down main streets across America,…
Read More (Chairman Smith: “Help Wanted” Signs in Store Windows Are Small Business’s Cry for Relief in Biden Economy)WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 60 stakeholders from across the country including small business groups, state and local industry associations,…
Read More (What They Are Saying: Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act)As prepared for delivery. “This crucial legislation will finally protect taxpayers and victims of fraud against the largest theft of tax…
Read More (Chairman Smith on the House Floor: H.R. 1163, the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act)