Unemployment Insurance Fraud
Passed by the House and Senate, the BRIDGE for Workers Act expands job placement services to all unemployment insurance (UI)…
Read More (Legislation to Expand Access to Employment Opportunities for Jobless Workers Headed to President’s Desk)Confirms Ways and Means GOP Approach to Combating Fraud and Identity Theft WASHINGTON – State workforce agencies were hamstrung in…
Read More (Watchdog Finds Self Certification Contributed to Nearly $50 Billion in Improper Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Payments)WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the wake of the fraud and improper payments that characterized the unemployment insurance (UI) program during the…
Read More (Three Key Moments from Hearing on Unemployment Insurance Reforms)“The purpose of today’s hearing is to learn how Congress can help rebuild and restore confidence in the unemployment insurance…
Read More (Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman LaHood Opening Statement – Hearing on Unemployment Insurance Reforms)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Representative Michelle Steel (CA-45) called on Department of Labor (DOL) Acting…
Read More (Chairman Smith, Rep. Steel Question DOL Forgiving California’s UI Fraud Debt Citing Potential Conflict of Interest for Acting-Secretary Su)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)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)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement applauding bipartisan passage of H.R….
Read More (Chairman Smith Applauds Bipartisan Passage of the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act)As prepared for delivery. “Thank you, Chairman Cole and Ranking Member McGovern for the opportunity to speak on this crucial…
Read More (Chairman Smith Remarks at Rules Committee: H.R. 1163, the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act)