“As the Senate’s top watchDOGE [sic], I am collaborating with DOGE to eradicate obvious and expensive instances of fraud and restore fundamental competence in the federal government.”
Since COVID, scammers have allegedly stolen between $135 and $400 billion in unemployment benefits, according to Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY).
In order to recover money lost to fraud and prolong the statute of limitations so that these offenders may face charges, the House recently enacted legislation that I co-sponsored.
DOGE must keep up its efforts to expose the fraud, misuse, and waste that are depleting taxpayers and increasing our national debt.
A request for more specific information on the alleged misconduct was not immediately answered by the Labor Department. Julie Su, President Biden’s interim labor secretary and Chavez-DeRemer’s.
Predecessor, was plagued by claims of egregious mishandling of California’s unemployment system during the epidemic, which transferred some $30–40 billion in payments to scammers.
