Edolphus Towns: “Fraud and abuse is very prevalent, and, of course, we need to do something about it. So I would like to say to the…”

“Fraud and abuse is very prevalent, and, of course, we need to do something about it. So I would like to say to the committee members that too long have we allowed this fraud and abuse to go without speaking out on it in the fashion that we should. People are being abused. Family members are being abused as a result of fraud and abuse. So I think that we need to send a message to those that are out there who are doing these kind of things to say that we will not sit back and allow you to do this. We have people that are taking another person's identity and going out, making bills and creating problems and creating situations where the person's credit is bad, and when they begin to move forward to try to do something on behalf of their family, they can't do it because somebody else has done some things that they should not have done and make this family have to suffer. I think it will let law enforcement also know that the Members of the United States Congress are very concerned about these issues.”