Press Releases | House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis

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This press releases page of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis lists releases dated October 25 to December 15, 2022, under Chairman Rep. James E. Clyburn. A December 1, 2022 release describes a staff report on how fintech companies facilitated fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program, stating the companies abdicated their screening responsibility, in many cases recklessly. A December 7, 2022 release reports Clyburn's statement on the SBA announcement that Blueacorn and Womply had been suspended from working with SBA in any capacity. Other releases cover the final report released December 9, 2022, a final hearing on December 14, 2022, and ID.me's statements to the IRS.

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At Select Subcommittee’s Final Hearing, Experts Examine Lessons Learned from the Coronavirus Crisis and Discuss Critical Next Steps to Prevent and Prepare for Future Crises

December 15, 2022

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Washington, D.C. (December 15, 2022) – Yesterday, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, held a hearing on “Preparing for and Preventing the Next Public Health Emergency: Lessons Learned from the Coronavirus Crisis.

Chairman Clyburn’s Opening Statement at Hearing on “Preparing for and Preventing the Next Public Health Emergency: Lessons Learned from the Coronavirus Crisis”

December 14, 2022

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Washington, D.C. (December 14, 2022) – Below is Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chairman James E. Clyburn’s opening statement, as delivered, for a hearing on “Preparing for and Preventing the Next Public Health Emergency: Lessons Learned from the Coronavirus Crisis” with witnesses testifying on the public health and economic impacts of the coronavirus and exploring many of the 30 recommendations for preparing for and preventing future public health emergencies, as detailed in the committee’s final report.

Clyburn in Washington Post: GOP Is Promising to Conduct Serious Coronavirus Oversight – Democrats Already Have

December 14, 2022

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Washington, D.C. (December 14, 2022) – Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, published a letter to the editor in the Washington Post, in response to the paper’s December 12 editorial on Republican oversight priorities of the 118th Congress.

Clyburn to Hold Final Hearing and Business Meeting of the Select Subcommittee

December 13, 2022

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Washington, D.C. (December 13, 2022) – Tomorrow, December 14, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. ET, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, will hold a final hearing on how to prevent and prepare for future public health emergencies, to be immediately followed by a business meeting at approximately 3:30 p.m. where its final report will be formally adopted. Issuance of the final report will be the committee’s final official act, pursuant to its 2020 authorizing resolution, H. Res. 935, extended in relevant part by H. Res. 8 in 2021.

Select Subcommittee Releases Final Report, Culminating More Than Two Years of Investigations Related to the Nation’s Response to the Coronavirus Crisis

December 9, 2022

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Washington, D.C. (December 9, 2022) – Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, released its final report and announced plans to hold a final hearing on December 14, 2022, beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET, to be immediately followed by a business meeting at approximately 3:30 p.m. where the report will be formally adopted. Issuance of the final report will be the committee’s final official act, pursuant to its 2020 authorizing resolution, H. Res. 935, extended in relevant part by H. Res. 8 in 2021.

Clyburn Statement on Small Business Administration Action Responding to Select Subcommittee Fintech Report

December 7, 2022

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Washington, D.C. (December 7, 2022) – Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chairman James E. Clyburn released the following statement on the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) announcement that, based on revelations uncovered by the Select Subcommittee’s recent report on how fintech companies facilitated fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), fintechs Blueacorn and Womply have been suspended from working with SBA in any capacity and additional companies and individuals covered in the report will be investigated further.

New Select Subcommittee Report Reveals How Fintech Companies Facilitated Fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program

December 1, 2022

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Washington, D.C. (December 1, 2022) – Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, released a staff report detailing the poor performance of many financial technology companies (fintechs) in administering the nation’s largest pandemic relief program, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The report details how the investigated companies, despite being tasked with processing PPP applications while screening out those with signs of fraud, abdicated that responsibility—in many cases recklessly—resulting in the approval of large numbers of fraudulent applications.

Chairs Clyburn, Maloney Release Evidence Facial Recognition Company ID.me Downplayed Excessive Wait Times for Americans Seeking Unemployment Relief Funds

November 17, 2022

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Washington, D.C. (November 17, 2022) – Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, and the Committee on Oversight and Reform, chaired by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, released new evidence that state and federal contractor ID.me inaccurately overstated its capacity to conduct identity verification services to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and made baseless claims about the amount of federal funds lost to pandemic fraud in an apparent attempt to increase demand for its identity verification services.

Clyburn Praises New CFPB Guidance After Select Subcommittee Investigation Exposes Inadequate Dispute Resolution Practices by Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion

November 14, 2022

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Washington, D.C. (November 14, 2022) – Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, released the below statement after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released new guidance following a Select Subcommittee investigation finding that the three largest nationwide consumer reporting agencies—Equifax, Experian and TransUnion—have not adequately addressing consumer disputes regarding errors in credit reports, in possible violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Clyburn Commends Biden-Harris Administration Efforts to Protect Americans Ahead of Winter

October 25, 2022

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Washington, D.C. (October 25, 2022) – Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, released the following statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement of additional efforts to help Americans get their free, updated coronavirus vaccines and boosters this fall.

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