House Republican duo calls for fraud probe into federal anti-poverty program (TANF)

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Source: Associated Press

House Republican duo calls for fraud probe into federal anti-poverty program

BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG
Updated 5:25 PM EDT, October 2, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The federal government should investigate potential fraud in one of its largest anti-poverty programs, two Republican members of Congress say.

In a Sept. 20 letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodoro that was made public Monday by Mississippi’s state auditor, U.S. Reps. Jason Smith, of Missouri, and Darin LaHood, of Illinois, said the Government Accountability Office should review non-assistance spending in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

The TANF program provides about $16.5 billion in federal funding to states for services intended to help families who cannot afford their basic needs.

Smith chairs the House Committee on Ways and Means, and LaHood chairs the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare. The congressional Republicans linked their concerns about fraud to Mississippi’s sprawling corruption scandal in which authorities say $77 million in federal welfare funds intended to help some of the nation’s poorest people were diverted to the rich and powerful.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-welfare-scandal-congressional-investigation-89e5b02065894c0402c1dcc7a9a60e89

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1. Brett Favre

probably involved

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2. All trickle-down pipelines lead to the top! /nt