the pandemic. this is a story that unfolds in three parts. first, the fraud. just yesterday we learned that nearly 400 department of homeland security employees took pandemic unemployment aid, even though they were working. this is just a tiny fraction of the massive and brazen covid theft that has incurred since the government started doling out billions in so-called relief. the official who was in charge of overseeing the distribution of the belief has called this the biggest fraud in a generation. it was the theft of as much as $80 billion or about 10% of the $800 billion it was handed out in that paycheck protection program. that s on top of the 90 billion to 402 billion believed to have been stolen from the 900 billion covid unemployment relief program, that is a lot of money. the second part of this story surrounds the title wave of inflation but all of this unchecked spending and the fraud actually caused. the adverse effects of pumping trillions into the u.s. economy
and so here are people who areee hurting. thd so the economy that congressman frank reven has cons voted for has consistently put them in a plac e where they haven to choose between gase where thy and groceries, where congressman frank reve hn has voted for three trillion dollars in spending and has spent their grandkids money. and these are african-americans who are clearly hurting and hesn has zero regard for them and they are focused on trying the cbc specifically focus on trying to reelect, continue to electctbecause him, becausel they believe he s doing a good job. but i can just tell you this,a mile mr. carlson. there is a line a mile and a hai i have long of cars that sittere outside my headquarters, people who need to get to the foode meh pantry, who need help. america and this is the america thatonak the congressional black caucus caucuss to act as if itg blac is helping black people. and it is very clearly notionals indiana s 1st congressional district. i ve been to gary, i
deserve better and that s what i want to bring to them. as these gas prices go up, as these grocery prices go up, as congressman continues to spend our grandkids money he focuses on the wrong things and it s completely gone washington. he consistently does beyond obfuscating beyond passing the buck and claiming that he is providing lower tax options for people is consistently focus on the rich and the elites. laura: he s saying you are going to advocates to implement a federal abortion ban i m not sure that s what indianans are caring about right now. he s being completely dishonest, i am pro-life, i m going to protect life but you know what? is position on abortion that he voted for that he would abort any baby at any time at taxpayer expense, that is extreme. i will protect babies. the majority of people want