HEARING

Strengthening the Child Support Enforcement Program: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities for Modernization

Work and WelfareHouse119th Congress

Schedule

Date and time (ET): January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Location: Rayburn House Office Building · 2020

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Witnesses

Ms. Jessica Tollestrup

Specialist in Social Policy · Congressional Research Service (CRS) Domestic Social Policy Division

Ms. Connie Chesnik

Administrator · Wisconsin Division of Family and Economic Security in the Department of Children and Families

Ms. Ruth Thornton

Director · Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division

Mr. Nick Gwyn

Senior Fellow · Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Topics

Cost of Living & Poverty Federal Budget & Appropriations