President Joe Biden's administration is starting a push to get Congress to fund measures to help prosecute fraud in government coronavirus pandemic relief programs
President Joe Biden speaks to the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Baltimore. Biden's administration is starting a push to get Congress to fund measures to help prosecute fraud in governmental pandemic relief programs. The plans also include measures to prevent future identity theft and help victims. The request is for $1.6 billion.President Joe Biden's administration is asking Congress to approve more than $1.
"It's just so clear and the evidence is so strong that a dollar smartly spent here will return to the taxpayers, or save, at least $10," Sperling said, pointing to recoveries that have already happened. Thesent out in fraudulently obtained loans through the Small Business Administration. Sperling said the request would be part of the budget proposal Biden is scheduled to make March 9 — but the bulk of it will be separate from the one-year appropriation request. Details would need to be ironed out with Congress.were shut down after the coronavirus hit the country in 2020, Congress began authorizing massive relief measures to help governments, businesses and individuals who were impacted.
“On the whole, those programs did enormous good," Sperling said. “There were also cases where guardrails were unnecessarily lowered, which led to unnecessary and massive fraud.”
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