I am happy to work with anyone to go after this, because these programs need to be there for hardworking Americans who need the stopgap between jobs and should not be taken advantage by fraudsters, and, frankly, big criminal organizations who have just gotten very good at gaming the system.
Womack emphasizes the need for programs to support Americans and combat fraud.
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I claim the time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arkansas is recognized for 5 minutes.
The challenge with Congress is that we create commissions and we create task forces and we look at problem sets, and we develop potential solutions, and then there is no real mechanism to give them the force of law
The American public just--we are afraid to tell the American public the inconvenient truth because if you tell them what the problem is, they are going to want to know what the solution is
Pro tempore, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 5 o'clock and 3 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at 11 a.m. ____________________
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