On the recordApril 5, 2000
the Clinton-Gore administration talked about reinventing government, but the Republican Congress is actually doing it. For example, Federal laws prohibit convicted criminals from receiving supplemental security income. However, for years, the Social Security Administration relied on convicted prisoners to notify them of their ineligibility for SSI benefits. Not surprisingly, hundreds of prisoners convicted of robbery, rape, and assault continue to receive welfare benefits while in jail, courtesy of the American taxpayer. Perhaps the worst example of this fraud and abuse, California's ``freeway killer,'' William Bonin, responsible for killing more than 44 people, received $80,000 in fraudulent SSI payments while on death row. In response, Republicans developed and passed a solution to this problem. As a result, taxpayers today will save over $3 billion.
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