WASHINGTON—When Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) convenes Wednesday’s House subcommittee hearing on improper payments by federal agencies, the panel will take aim at a target-rich environment.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the congressional investigative agency, has for decades been calling attention to the reality that every year, hundreds of billions of tax dollars go to dead people, incorrect names or addresses, perpetrators of fraud, mistaken contractors, fictitious business fronts, and a host of other recipients who shouldn’t be getting the checks.
