On the recordOctober 20, 2011
I ask unanimous consent to have a memorial to the extraordinary life and service of Jerry Hildebrand printed in the Congressional Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Excerpts Taken From a Senate Finance Committee Hearing Titled Reducing Overpayments and Increasing Quality in the Unemployment System Conducted on May 25, 2010 Senator Baucus: Last week, the Obama Administration announced a proposal to address these issues. The proposal seeks to rein in overpayments by making the unemployment insurance program more efficient. Today, we will walk through that proposal. Under the administration's proposal, states could use a portion of the money that they recover from overpayments to strengthen their program integrity activities. States would also be required to impose financial penalties on people who defraud the program. Under the proposal, employers would be required to report the start dates of new employees. That will help to identify beneficiaries who have returned to work in a different state but continue to receive unemployment benefits. The administration's proposal is just one solution. States and private industry have also devised systems that reduce overpayments. They also have ideas on how to streamline unemployment insurance. I look forward to learning more about these proposals today. Let's recognize the problem that we have in our Nation's safety-net programs.…
