Chairwoman McClain’s Statement on the U.S. House Passing Legislation to Recover Fraudulent Unemployment Payments

WASHINGTON – House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1156 to extend the statute of limitations for prosecuting fraud in pandemic unemployment insurance (UI) programs: “Over $100 billion in fraudulent payments remain unrecovered. This underlines the need…