Work and Welfare
The John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (“Chafee”) must be modernized to better help foster…
Read More (Five Key Moments: Hearing on Modernizing the Chafee Program to Help Vulnerable Foster Youth Reach Their Full Potential)Today, Work and Welfare Subcommittee Chairman Darin LaHood (IL-16) delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “Aging Out is…
Read More (Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman LaHood at Foster Youth Hearing: Improve Chafee Program To Help Foster Youth Achieve Full Potential)WASHINGTON, D.C. – An Ohio court is attempting to force U.S. taxpayers to retroactively pay nearly $1 billion in four…
Read More (Ways and Means Members Call on Labor Department to Prevent Retroactive Pandemic Unemployment Payments)It has been over two months since the statute of limitations to prosecute criminals who stole billions in COVID-era unemployment…
Read More (Law Enforcement Forced to Halt Investigations of Unemployment Fraud; Senate Action Needed to Stop “Get Out of Jail Free” Cards for Criminals)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Critical taxpayer dollars will be directed to those most in need of assistance and more American families…
Read More (Congressional Republicans Driving Reforms to Lift More Americans Out of Poverty, Protect Against Waste, Fraud, & Abuse Within Nation’s Welfare Programs)WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is in need of greater accountability to prevent fraud and…
Read More (Three Key Moments: Hearing on Government Watchdog Findings and Need for TANF Reform)Today, Ways and Means Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman Darin LaHood (IL-16) delivered the following remarks at a Work &…
Read More (Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman LaHood Opening Statement: Hearing on Government Watchdog Findings for the TANF Program)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress is steps away from fulfilling President Trump’s mandate to recover taxpayer money lost to waste, fraud, and…
Read More (ONE DAY LEFT: Shot Clock About to Expire on Prosecuting Those Who Stole Billions in Pandemic Unemployment Benefits)WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Senate must follow the House of Representatives’ lead and swiftly enact, H.R. 1156, the Pandemic Unemployment Fraud…
Read More (What They Are Saying: Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act Critical to Prosecuting Criminals, Recouping Tax Dollars, Protecting Small Businesses)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sixteen days before the statute of limitations to prosecute the theft of COVID-era unemployment insurance (UI) fraud expires,…
Read More (House Passes Overwhelmingly Bipartisan Legislation to Empower Law Enforcement to Continue Prosecuting Pandemic Unemployment Fraud and Recoup Hundreds of Billions in Tax Dollars)