Expect the fight against fraud to dominate the Republican agenda in Congress and on the campaign trail in the months ahead: It’s past time to stop the theft of tens and even hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars from programs meant to help the sick, needy and otherwise vulnerable.
Wednesday saw Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) unveil the Protecting American Taxpayers Act, a major package of legislation produced by the DOGE Caucus, a group of senators aiming to continue the work of the Department of Government Efficiency, the executive branch agency spearheaded by Elon Musk that targeted fraud and waste.
The bills would nearly a quarter-trillion dollars by fixing weak points in our financial governance through:
- restricting payments from being made until a service is provided.
- cutting off convicted crooks from Small Business Administration assistance.
- handing out rewards to employees…
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