Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act

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Ms. BOEBERT. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 8312, the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act.

The American people expect their government to be a responsible steward of taxpayer dollars, yet every year, the Federal Government loses hundreds of billions of dollars to fraud, waste, and abuse of our hard-earned money.

While the Federal Government provides families, workers, and businesses with the support they need, several COVID-era spending programs exposed serious weaknesses in our ability to prevent fraud. Once those dollars were lost, it has proven to be nearly impossible to recover them.

This bill shifts the Federal Government from a reactive stance to a proactive one. Instead of focusing primarily on recovering funds after they have been stolen, it prioritizes preventing fraud before taxpayer dollars are ever stolen.

Through better coordination, stronger oversight, and improved safeguards, this bill helps ensure Federal programs are protected from abuse. At a time when our Nation is almost $40 trillion in debt, every dollar matters.

The American people work far too hard, sacrifice far too much, and wait far too long for their paychecks to watch them be sacrificed to bureaucratic incompetence.

Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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