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Beth Van Duyne: “There was so much fraud that was committed. And part of this…”

Featuring: Beth Van Duyne, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 24

Rep. Beth Van Duyne breaks down the massive scale of unemployment fraud

Published June 22, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:39

So we put those do fraudulently used, and we're trying to do everything that we can to collect them and bring them back to to the federal government so that we can then disperse them for other uses. But There was so much fraud that was committed. And part of this is actually trying to get where the fraud was coming from. Trust but verify. And that's something that we saw during the Biden administration that they absolutely didn't do. (00:39–00:46)

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Asserts that significant fraud occurred in the distribution of unemployment funds.

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“About $900 billion went out in unemployment dollars, and about 135 billion of that they are suspecting was fraudulently received.”
Rep. Beth Van Duyne breaks down the massive scale of unemployment fraud | Uploaded June 22, 2026 | 00:00-00:12
“A billion dollars right now was in unemployment cards, these benefit cards that right now banks are just holding onto those dollars.”
Rep. Beth Van Duyne breaks down the massive scale of unemployment fraud | Uploaded June 22, 2026 | 00:12-00:21
“If we don't act in Congress, those dollars, those funds will be brought back to the states.”
Rep. Beth Van Duyne breaks down the massive scale of unemployment fraud | Uploaded June 22, 2026 | 00:21-00:27
“That's something that we saw during the Biden administration that they absolutely didn't do [trust but verify].”
Rep. Beth Van Duyne breaks down the massive scale of unemployment fraud | Uploaded June 22, 2026 | 00:46-00:51