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IG Reports ‘Historic’ COVID Unemployment Funds Lost, Congress Investigates

IG Reports ‘Historic’ COVID Unemployment Funds Lost, Congress Investigates
Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas makes remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 24, 2017. Mike Theiler/AFP via Getty Images
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As much as $400 billion in COVID-19 unemployment relief dollars were likely lost to waste and fraudsters. Lawmakers want answers.

Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor demanding documents and information related to the unemployment fraud.

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