Hearing Information
Thursday, October 26, 2023, at 9:00 AM, Sam Johnson Room, 2020 Rayburn House Office Building
Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU2tsJJqDkI
Witness List:
Linda Kerr-Davis
Acting ...
As prepared for delivery.
"Good morning. Welcome to today’s hearing on Social Security’s disability claims backlog.
"For the first time in history more than one million people are waiting on the Social Security Administration to process their initial disability claim.
"On average claims ...
WASHINGTON – The Official Poverty Measure affects federal funding intended to help millions of families living in poverty through programs such as the Social Services Block Grant, child welfare programs, food stamps, energy assistance, school lunches, and Medicaid, among a slew of others. At a hearing of the Ways and Means Work & Welfare Subcommittee, witnesses testified ...
Hearing Information
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 10:00 AM.
1100 Longworth House Office Building
Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIMcVS5WPSw
Witness List:
Corey DeAngelis
Senior Fellow, ...
Hearing Information
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 2:00 PM.
Sam Johnson Room, 2020 House Office Building
Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpSXU2f07A8
Witness List:
Kevin Corinth
Senior Fellow ...
WASHINGTON – During the pandemic, fraudsters and international crime rings stole hundreds of billions of American tax dollars that were supposed to be spent on pandemic relief. The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimates that instances of fraud in the unemployment insurance program alone have cost as much as $135 billion while outside experts have estimated up to $400 ...
WASHINGTON – With $16 billion in improper payments over the last five years, beneficiaries living on fixed incomes who rely on Social Security for their livelihood face challenging outcomes where they may receive less than they are owed or are overpaid and hit with bills to recoup those payments years later. During a Ways and Means Social Security ...
Hearing Information
Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 10:00 AM.
1100 Longworth House Office Building
Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmR5RoBpeG0
Witness List:
Linda Miller
Founder and ...
As prepared for delivery.
"Good morning and welcome to today’s Oversight Subcommittee hearing on investigating pandemic fraud and preventing history from repeating itself.
"We have all seen the headlines – 'Biggest fraud in a generation,' 'Easy money,' 'The Great Grift.' These terms were used to describe the historic ...
As prepared for delivery.
"Thank you Chairman Schweikert and Ranking Member Pascrell.
"Part of our oversight responsibilities here in Congress is to assess when the fraudulent use of tax dollars occurs and account for what has been lost. But the American taxpayer also expects us to put an end to as much of that fraud as we ...