More than $236 billion in improper payments were disbursed by the feds in 2023, and Pennsylvania Rep. Dan Meuser has a bill he hopes will stop that.
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EXCLUSIVE:AnewDOGE-centricbillwillbeintroducedMondaytargetingoverpaymentsbythefederalgovernment,whichthelawmakersponsoringitsayshaveaddeduptothetrillionssincetheGeorgeW.Bushera.
ThePaymentIntegrityInformationReformAct(PIIA)willgo“hand-in-hand”withtheDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency(DOGE)torootoutwaste,fraudandabusewithinthefederalgovernment,accordingtoRep.DanMeuser,R-Pa.
Meuser,chairmanoftheoversightpaneloftheHouseFinancialServicesCommitteeandamemberoftheHouseDOGECaucus,saidMondaythatthe“DOGEteam”writ-largehasuncovered$55billioninwasteinonlyonemonthandthatthePIIAReformActwoulddigevendeeper.
“Thefederalgovernmentexpended$236billionlastyearinimproperpayments—moneysentoutimproperlyduetofraud,bureaucraticerrors,andagenciesfailingtomaintaineligibilityintegrity.“ThisisagrossfailureofaccountabilitythathardworkingAmericantaxpayer
