The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing concerning the “fraud and abuse” of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families welfare funds Tuesday, featuring witnesses such as former NFL quarterback Brett Favre.
The TANF program, which started in 1996 as a successor to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, provides cash assistance to families in the United States through the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
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