The Department of Labor says it is cutting $400 million in DEI-related spending from the Biden era. (Getty)
"America’s unemployment benefits system is facing an infrastructure crisis, riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse," Labor Department spokesperson Courtney Parella told Fox News Digital. "The Biden administration was given a historic opportunity by Congress to fix it but instead squandered it on bureaucratic and wasteful projects that focused on equitable access rather than advancing access for all Americans in need."
Parella added that the department will continue working with state workforce agencies nationwide to focus on ways to improve the UI system to better "meet the needs of the American worker" and cut down on fraud, which has been prevalent in recent years, according to several news reports.
Earlier this year, DOGE announced that it had discovered tens of thousands of unemployment claims for improbably old and young claimants that were approved in the years after 2020.
AMERICANS GRADE DOGE AND ELON MUSK'S EFFORTS WITHIN THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer is seen during her Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 19, 2025. (Allison Robbert/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
According to the department leaderboard on the DOGE website, last updated on May 11, the Department of Labor ranks in the top 5 of departments that have made DOGE-related cuts, and DOGE overall says it has saved each American taxpayer $1,055.90.
Fox News Digital’s Eric Revell contributed to this report.
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