Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing on Reclaiming Frozen Fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment Funds

Ways and Means: House Committee · March 6, 2026

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Chairman Congressman Darren LaHood called the subcommittee to order and opened the hearing titled 'Reclaiming forgotten fraudulent pandemic unemployment funds frozen by banks.' He said the Committee has conducted oversight into pandemic UI fraud and previewed the witnesses.

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House Ways and Means Work and Welfare Subcommittee hearing on recovering pandemic unemployment funds held by banks; witnesses and members discussed inspector general findings that nearly $1 billion remains on prepaid cards, statutory and practical barriers to recovery, and proposals for statutory safe harbors and more funding for fraud prevention.

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