House Passes Bill To Crack Down on Wasteful ‘Pay and Chase’ Schemes

The bill, which was introduced by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), goes after the ridiculous “pay and chase” system that lets the government write checks first and ask questions later, if ever.

Billions of dollars from taxpayers are wasted on fraudsters, people who aren’t supposed to get the money, and outright criminals. Then, bureaucrats have to play an expensive game of catch-up that rarely brings back the full amount.

It’s the other way around with the Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act. It gives federal agencies the power to hold, condition, or split up suspicious payments before they are sent out when there is a high chance of fraud or wrong payment.