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Labor/Employment,
Government

Mar. 17, 2021

Senators grill labor secretary over California unemployment fraud

Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, considering Julie A.Su’s nomination for a post in the U.S. Department of Labor, questioned Su about the fraud that hit California’s Employment Development Department during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The massive fraud that led California to pay out at least $11.4 billion in fake unemployment claims was front and center at a Congressional hearing Tuesday, when members of a U.S. Senate committee grilled California Labor Secretary Julie A. Su on her qualifications to serve as second-in-command at the U.S. Department of Labor.

Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions repeatedly questioned Su abo...

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