No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act of 2026

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Mr. KENNEDY of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 7726, the Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026.

Before I came to Congress, I spent my career as a physician in Utah caring for working families. In medicine, you learn to diagnose the root cause of an illness. If a treatment isn't working, you don't double down on a failing protocol. You do the obvious. You should change the treatment.

Unfortunately, Washington has a habit of ignoring the symptoms of our own broken system. While our Federal childcare programs serve a useful purpose, they are being systematically ruined by rampant fraud. We must be clear about who truly suffers when we allow this corruption to go unchecked.

Fraudsters who exploit these programs are stealing directly from the children and families who rely on these resources. This is a moral failure that should transcend party lines. Securing our Federal programs against fraud is Congress' job, and it shouldn't take committed citizens like Utah's own Nick Shirley to uncover these problems.

As the sponsor of the Stop Child Care Funding Fraud Act, I am glad to see similar policies reflected in this bill.

Mr. Speaker, today, we can protect the taxpayer, excise the rot of corruption, and make certain that every Federal dollar intended for America's children actually reaches them. Rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse should be every Member's priority for these people in this Chamber, and I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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