Congressman Feenstra Supports Bill to Keep Welfare Funds From Leaving the U.S.

Congressman Feenstra supports bill to keep welfare funds from leaving the U.S.

Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra, a Republican from Hull, has introduced a bill he says would keep American welfare benefits from being sent out of the country. “To codify what Trump did to ban welfare recipients from sending money abroad. I mean, think about what happened over the last several months, nine billion dollars of fraud […]

Feenstra Introduces Legislation to Ban Welfare Recipients from Sending Money to Foreign Nations

Last week, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) introduced the No American Benefits Abroad Act, which would codify a Trump administration announcement to ban recipients of welfare from initiating international wire transfers or sending money abroad. This bill would also require that those who wish to wire funds certify that they do not receive public assistance. “The $9-billion fraud scandal in Minnesota is a stark warning to the country that waste…

Rep. Feenstra introduces bill to address fraud in Minnesota

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra, a Republican from Hull, has introduced a bill he says would keep American welfare benefits from being sent out of the country. “To codify what Trump did to ban welfare recipients from sending money abroad. I mean, think about what happened over the last several months, nine billion dollars of fraud in Minnesota. You know, this is our taxpayer dollars,” he says. Feenstra says his “No American Benefi…