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The figures were announced at a roundtable event at the White House on Wednesday. Vance called on Congress to enact tougher penalties for fraud and to codify anti-fraud measures to prevent a future administration reversing the task force’s work."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Vance said the task force, which he co-chairs with Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, had chosen to estimate the fraud conservatively. He did not specify which government programmes the fraud involved or how the figures were calculated. The White House did not release a transcript of the remarks."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller also spoke at the event, calling for tougher penalties against those accused of defrauding government programmes. 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