Unemployment Insurance Fraud
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)Washington, D.C. – President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget request includes several of the same fraud recovery and prevention measures…
Read More (Biden Budget Proposes Unemployment Fraud Measures Rejected by Ways and Means Democrats)WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation to jumpstart recovery efforts on hundreds of billions…
Read More (Ways and Means Approves Plan to Recover Hundreds of Billions in Misspent, Stolen Unemployment Benefits)As prepared for delivery “At the height of the COVID pandemic, government lockdowns shuttered Main Street businesses and kept American…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of H.R. 1163, the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act)WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability…
Read More (Smith, Comer, Ways and Means Republicans Introduce Legislation to Recover Hundreds of Billions in Stolen Unemployment Benefits)Washington, DC – After President Biden once again declared “the watchdogs are back” during the State of the Union yesterday, a hearing…
Read More (Ways and Means Republicans Seek Answers on Hundreds of Billions in Fraudulent Unemployment Benefits)Washington, D.C. -The House Committee on Ways and Means tomorrow will hold a hearing titled, “The Greatest Theft of Taxpayer…
Read More (Ways and Means to Hold Hearing on The Greatest Theft of Taxpayer Dollars: Unchecked Unemployment Fraud)WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) shined a spotlight today on how Democrats, at every turn, blocked investigations into the greatest theft…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: The Greatest Theft of Taxpayer Dollars – Unchecked Unemployment Fraud)WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement on the January jobs…
Read More (Smith: Stuck Labor Force Reveals False Advertising by the Biden Administration on the State of the American Economy)WASHINGTON, DC –A historic theft of taxpayer dollars from COVID-era unemployment programs is facing increased scrutiny as a new report…
Read More (Chairman Smith Calls for Long Overdue Investigation into COVID Unemployment Fraud)