Work and Welfare
WASHINGTON – The complexity of financing for federal child welfare programs stands in the way of protecting vulnerable children, witnesses…
Read More (Six Key Moments from Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing on Child 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)