‘Pay and Chase’: House Probes How to Stop Billions in Government Fraud Before Payment |
While a massive welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota has garnered national attention, lawmakers are poised to examine new ways to prevent longstanding fraudulent use of tax dollars before it happens.
House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, is leading a Tuesday hearing titled “Curbing Federal Fraud: Examining Innovative Tools to Detect and Prevent Fraud in Federal Programs.”
The federal government loses between $231 billion and $521 billion in taxpayer dollars each year to fraud, according to the Government Accountability Office.
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