Political Quotes

“I would like to begin by thanking Congressman Meadows for partnering with me on the bill, as well as our Chairwoman Maloney and her incredibly strong and talented staff for their leadership and for the continued support of the work that we have to do on behalf of our residents at home. I also want to thank our forever chairman, the late Chairman Cummings, who is looking down on us from above, for his mentorship and for working with us on this bill that would help some of our most vulnerable retirees. We all know that no one deserves to be scammed out of their money, but that is especially true for our retirees. This bill, the Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act, is a bipartisan effort to protect those retirees who are recipients of Federal benefits. Retirees who have been declared mentally incompetent or have another qualifying disability can have their monthly benefits paid on their behalf through a representative, frequently referred to as the representative payee. In recent years, what we have seen in our country is there has been a sharp increase in the number of representative payees who have taken advantage of their position and committed fraud, hurting many of our residents. We need to hold them accountable, and this bill does that. The bill would expand protection to over 2 million workers all across the United States.…”