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Unidentified speaker urges wider verification and work requirements for benefits, cites GAO $500 billion estimate
Summary
An unidentified speaker urged stronger verification and work requirements across benefit programs to curb what the speaker described as extensive improper payments, citing the GAO and praising earlier legislation that added verifications and work requirements for able-bodied adults.
An unidentified speaker at the meeting urged lawmakers to tighten verification and work requirements across public-benefit programs to "stop the fraud, stop the stealing and the abuse of tax dollars." "We have to double down on what we did," the speaker said.
The speaker cited a Government Accountability Office figure in arguing…
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