'Are You Serious?': Bill Pascrell Goes Off At Pandemic Fraud Hearing For Targeting Poor People

At a House Ways & Means Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) questioned witnesses on pandemic fraud and urged lawmakers not to focus on poor people.

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[stephaniewomacks]

I am sick of people saying what can we do about it. There's a thing called citizens arrest. When the American people start arresting the crooks themselves maybe you will see a change. 😊

[samezidrovibes]

Who is this dude talking about?? The gov, corps, and elite were the biggest money grubbers of the pandemic!

[buzz]

How in the hell do you invetigate yourself????

[brianlefler]

I know a lot of people basically got thousands of dollars from the pandemic that never worked. Poor people

[thomasspengler]

Wow...really boring...the people stealing the most are in this video...

[kurt]

With the technologies We have been given as of today, there should be accountability for every Cent. And then the penny shall buy something once again. And that is for every tier of the economy. Stop the thievery and Get Cracking on the Fracking.

[DellaTafoya]

How dare you say that poor people are criminals. I'm poor and I'm not a criminal. I take offense.