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Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Tanf Act

Floor Speech

Date: June 3, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. CORREA. Madam Speaker, I agree with my colleagues from the other side: Let's go after fraud, waste, and abuse. But this bill allows the administration to hold back funding for children and families under the guise of fraud. Earlier this year, the administration froze $10 billion in funding for families and children in blue States.

Let's talk about guardrails. A year ago, we gave ICE and CBP seven and three times their annual budgets, respectively. Where are those funds going? ICE just paid $130 million for a warehouse in Georgia that was bought for $30 million the year before. ICE just bought another property in Texas for $123 million that was valued at $11 million. Also, let's not forget Secretary Noem's $170 million luxury jet.

Instead of going after children and families, let's go after these wasteful, fraudulent contracts. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this measure.

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