House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chair Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi last week seeking an update from the Department of Justice (DOJ) about its recovery of taxpayer funds erroneously paid to deceased beneficiaries under the Special Financial Assistance program signed into law by President Biden to save the most endangered defined benefit multiemployer plans. Chair Walberg has launched an investigation and is “seeking information about the steps DOJ is taking to ensure that taxpayer money is recovered after the Biden-Harris Administration made improper payments to multiemployer pension plans.” The letter notes that last Congress, the Committee under Chair Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent similar requests to former Attorney General Merrick Garland in August and December 2024 but never received a response.
