Vice President JD Vance called on Congress Wednesday to help codify a broader federal anti-fraud effort, telling lawmakers at a roundtable that stronger data-sharing rules, steeper penalties and additional resources are needed to combat waste, fraud and abuse across government programs, as he touted $230 billion in fraud his administration task force says it has already identified. At the task force's inaugural meeting in March, Vance said the federal government had for decades failed to take fraud seriously and required "a whole-government approach," adding, "This is not just the theft of the American people's money. Miller, addressing the task force's broader mission, said most Americans wrongly assume verification processes already exist for most federal benefit programs. Attention going forward is likely to center on whether Congress moves to codify any of the task force's practices into statute, and on how the administration responds to continued Democratic criticism of its state-by-state enforcement approach. Continued monitoring of further funding actions against specific states, the task force's progress reviewing the roughly 400 flagged government contracts, and any independent verification of the administration's $230 billion fraud figure is expected to remain a relevant thread in the coming months.