House Ways and Means Committee Chair Calls for Probe Into ‘$60 Billion’ in Fake COVID-19 Unemployment Claims

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) is calling for an probe into the “historic theft of payer dollars from COVID-era unemployment programs” aft a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recovered that arsenic overmuch as $60 cardinal whitethorn person been spent on fraudulent claims for unemployment security during the pandemic. The report, released connected Jan. 23, said that the Department of Labor ...