Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s (R-GA) confirmation on Wednesday to lead the Small Business Administration could help the agency uncover more than $200 billion in coronavirus aid fraud.
During a portion of an interview with the Fox News Channel that took place on Monday and was aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “Special Report,” 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump responded to the amount added to the
On Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) stated that communities are worried about the clawback of COVID money in the debt ceiling bill because “they thought they had until 2024 to spend that money.” And that she has been
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Last Call,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that he is willing to talk with House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on spending, some coronavirus relief money should be clawed back, and he thinks there would
During a report on Tuesday, ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott stated that despite promising an executive order to help victims of identity theft who had their stolen identities used to obtain fraudulent coronavirus relief benefits in March of
President Joe Biden is requesting $1.6 billion to target fraud related to coronavirus aid, the White House announced this week.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Big Money Show,” Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) stated that Shelby County, Tennessee considering using federal coronavirus relief funds on reparations programs is an abuse of money that was allocated in the name of
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) criticized the Department of Justice for refusing to participate in the Ways and Means Committee’s hearing into the COVID relief
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House American Rescue Plan Coordinator and Biden Senior Adviser Gene Sperling argued that the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan reduced the deficit and the fact that “we did not
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that he doesn’t “trust the government at this point” after the massive amount of coronavirus relief fraud and he doesn’t trust the Inflation Reduction Act due to what a
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday unveiled his budget proposal — the “Framework for Freedom Budget” — which totals $114.8 billion and reportedly includes the use of unspent coronavirus relief funds.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” House Oversight Committee member Rep. James Comer (R-KY) stated that looking at the money spent under the coronavirus relief packages and looking into the large amounts of fraud in unemployment insurance and
On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) argued that government spending has “to be more targeted than it has been the last couple of years” and that while too much was spent on coronavirus relief, particularly
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) stated that the Federal Reserve doesn’t have any “other choice but to be aggressive” with hiking interest rates in order to control inflation and that inflation
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) stated that Democratic energy policies have weakened the United States and contributed to inflation, and on top of that, Democrats have added “massive amounts
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) argued that appropriated stimulus money that hasn’t been spent yet has to be returned to the federal treasury because the federal government pouring more money onto
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) stated that people should be worried about inflation remaining high because there are still large amounts of COVID relief money that have not been spent
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) argued that President Joe Biden should push Democrats in Congress to avoid putting “progressive priorities” in a future disaster relief bill, and that Congress should
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) voted for a coronavirus stimulus package that handed $75,000 to a social justice group his church — where he is still senior pastor –founded, and which he led.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that America was “robbed blind” by fraud with coronavirus relief programs and said that this makes him “a little less excited about the money they’re planning to spend.” He
During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of the Fox Business Network’s “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said that there is “still a great deal of inflation baked in” the economy because of unspent money from the
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) reacted to reports that $15 million in coronavirus relief went to “anti-racism” and “social activism” programs for children by stating that there “ought to be a
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) reacted to reports that $15 million in coronavirus relief went to “anti-racism” and “social activism” programs for children by predicting that “We’re going to see
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stated that, despite receiving billions to keep people employed, airlines pushed “a lot of their pilots and experienced crews into early retirement.” Which, while it technically
During a portion of an interview aired on Tuesday’s “NBC Nightly News,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said, “There are going to be challenges” with air travel over the July 4 holiday, and that despite receiving $50 billion in coronavirus relief
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) stated that inflation will increase due to states spending unallocated coronavirus relief funds and that due to people cutting spending on dispensible goods due to
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) stated that as states spend unappropriated COVID relief funds, there will be “more inflation in the pipeline yet to come.” Host Maria Bartiromo asked, “I
During a portion of an interview with the Fox News Channel released on Monday, Department of Justice Inspector General and Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Michael Horowitz stated that there was “a conscious decision” made with the distribution
During a portion of an interview with NBC aired on Monday’s edition of “NBC Nightly News,” Department of Justice Inspector General and Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Michael Horowitz said he wasn’t surprised at the speed with which
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is still fuming over the rank-and-file Democrat opposition, which forced her to ax the coronavirus aid in the spending bill last week.
President Biden has demanded Congress give him $30 billion for additional pandemic spending while a reported $350 billion remains unspent.
Eleven vulnerable House Democrats on Thursday begged President Biden for more pandemic relief funds to galvanize midterm constituents.
The Washington Post reduced Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-AK) Pinocchio rating from 2021 after it was revealed Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did receive a coronavirus relief payment from a bill Democrats passed last year.
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was ordered by prosecutors to give back a $1,400 coronavirus relief payment he got months ago and other funds sent to him, a recent court filing said.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration is asking the state legislature to allot $300 million for school coronavirus testing.
During an interview with CBS’ “The Takeout” podcast recorded on Tuesday and released on Friday, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) responded to people who think that the American Rescue Plan COVID relief package drove inflation by asking them, “what part of
Two fugitives of justice were sentenced to federal prison in absentia on Monday “for fraudulently obtaining tens of millions of dollars” in coronavirus relief, the Justice Department announced.
Scientists are working on antiviral pills to treat the Chinese coronavirus, a prospect that could come to fruition “within the next several months.”
On Monday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) stated that while it won’t be enough to pay for all the needed infrastructure spending, unspent coronavirus relief money “certainly should” be used to pay for infrastructure. Host Poppy Harlow asked, “Why
The White House rejected Senate Republicans’ second infrastructure proposal, demanding tax increases and additional items.
