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Chairman Comer, Senator Johnson Renew Request for CMS to Review Improper Payment Rate

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure renewing their request for information on what safeguards CMS has in place to address improper payments in the Medicaid program. “We write to continue our investigation into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the staggering rate ...
Hearing
The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2: The President of the American Federation of Teachers, Ms. Randi Weingarten
Hearing
China in Our Backyard: How Chinese Money Laundering Organizations Enrich the Cartels
Hearing
The Government Accountability Office’s 2023 High Risk List
Letter
Letter to Director of California Employment Development Department
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McClain: China Playing Major Role in Enriching Cartels, Funding Deadly Fentanyl Epidemic

WASHINGTON — Health Care and Financial Services Subcommittee Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “China in Our Backyard: How Chinese Money Laundering Organizations Enrich the Cartels” by outlining how cartels have partnered with Chinese Money Laundering Organizations to make more money and traffic deadly fentanyl ...
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Comer: We Must Safeguard Taxpayer Dollars and Combat Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled “The Government Accountability Office’s 2023 High Risk List.” In his opening statement, Chairman Comer emphasized that the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) 2023 High Risk List will assist the committee’s efforts to combat waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the federal government and safeguard taxpayer ...
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Comer & McClain Continue Probe of Rampant Fraud in California’s Unemployment Insurance System

WASHINGTON —House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) are continuing their investigation into the state of California’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) System which has been plagued by rampant waste, fraud, and abuse of U.S. taxpayer dollars. In the letter, which follows
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Hearing Wrap Up: Congress Must Utilize GAO’s High Risk List to Effectively Combat Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

GAO finds federal programs are bloated and vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “The Government Accountability Office’s 2023 High Risk List.” At the hearing, members emphasized that federal government programs created and funded by Congress must fulfil their intended purpose and meet mission objectives. However, massive programs have struggled to fulfill ...
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Wenstrup: Americans Deserve to Know if the American Federation of Teachers Role in Editing CDC School Reopening Guidance was More Political than Scientific

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing “The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2: The President of the American Federation of Teachers, Ms. Randi Weingarten” by emphasizing the importance of investigating school closure decisions — specifically the role the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) played in developing and influencing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) ...