Unemployment Insurance Fraud
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)WASHINGTON, DC – American workers and businesses will face more regulation, mismanagement, and waste from Washington should the Senate confirm Julie…
Read More (Ways and Means Chair Smith, Education and the Workforce Chair Foxx, Speaker McCarthy, and Republican Members of the California Delegation Call on President Biden to Abandon Nomination of Julie Su as Labor Secretary)WASHINGTON, D.C. – After bombshell testimony revealed an estimated $191 billion may have been misspent, with a significant portion lost…
Read More (Smith, Crapo Urge Watchdog Agency to Continue Investigating Fraud in Unemployment Insurance Program)