Without a confirmation vote by the U.S. Senate, acting Labor Secretary Julie Su can remain in her post atop the Labor Department, according to a Sept. 21 ruling by the Government Accountability Office.
Su served as California labor commissioner and supported Assembly Bill 5, a frontal assault on workers' independence.
Su headed California's Labor and Workforce Development Agency, which oversees the Employment Development Department responsible for unemployment claims.
On Su's watch, the EDD sent more than $31 billion in fraudulent unemployment claims to California, out of state, and out of country.
In 2020 alone, Su confirmed, as reported by the California Globe, "Fraudsters stole at least $11.4 billion in unemployment benefits from California." As it happens, fraud was not a new problem at the EDD. California's state auditor reported that the "EDD had no comprehensive plan for how it would respond if California experienced a recession and UI claims increased accordingly." Su had failed "To modernize the EDD's woefully outdated EDD technology," the Washington Examiner reports, and, in the early days of the pandemic, suspended eligibility requirements for EDD claims.
According to USA Today, "The state approved more than $140 million for at least 20,000 prisoners." Convicts who made fraudulent claims included convicted murderers Scott Peterson and Cary Stayner.
Scammers filed hundreds of fake claims, "Including one in the name of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein," according to KRON4.
https://spectator.org/biden-bypasses-senate-confirmation-in-julie-su/
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