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议长马特·霍尔表示，任何有孩子的人，无论法律身份如何，都能领取纳税人资助的现金补贴
作者：斯蒂芬妮·普莱斯 福克斯新闻
发布于 2026年8月6日 美国东部时间晚上7:50
密歇根州共和党领袖抨击3亿美元Rx Kids项目为收入保障实验
密歇根州众议院议长马特·霍尔讨论了人们对密歇根州Rx Kids计划的担忧，包括纳税人资助、无限制现金补贴、资格要求以及他所称的更广泛的保障收入举措。
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密歇根州众议院的共和党领袖表示，一项州资助的产妇健康项目已经偏离了议员们当初被告知的初衷，他指责民主党人动用超过3亿美元的纳税人资金来推进更广泛的保障收入议程。
密歇根州众议院议长马特·霍尔在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时发表了上述言论，此前众议院共和党人一直在审查Rx Kids项目——这一纳税人资助的项目向孕妇和新妈妈提供无限制现金补贴。
霍尔辩称，议员们原本以为他们是在资助一项孕产妇和产前健康项目，而非他所说的更广泛的保障收入实验。
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密歇根州众议院议长马特·霍尔在谈论他对Rx Kids项目的担忧。（图片来源：安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
“我认为民主党人是打着产前护理的幌子悄悄推行了这个项目，”霍尔在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，“议员们并没有了解到完整的情况。”
Rx Kids项目于2024年在弗林特启动，向孕妇提供1500美元的一次性补贴，孩子出生后每月再发放500美元。
根据霍尔办公室提供给福克斯新闻数字频道的材料，该项目已扩展到密歇根州各地的社区，动用了超过3亿美元的纳税人资金。
Rx Kids将该项目宣传为一项母婴健康项目，旨在缓解新家庭的经济压力。根据播客采访和项目材料，其负责人还讨论了将这一模式推广到密歇根州乃至全美的计划。
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霍尔辩称，该项目缺乏传统公共援助项目中常见的资格审查要求。
“我们国家有很多运行良好的社会安全网项目，”霍尔说，“它们都有资格审查。会核查公民身份，会核实收入情况。”
“Rx Kids项目从设计上就是只要有孩子就能领取，”他继续说道，“他们不会核查公民身份，只要有孩子就会发放补贴。”
霍尔的办公室还向福克斯新闻数字频道提供了立法委员会听证会的视频，视频中项目官员承认曾向不在美国合法居留的个人发放过补贴。
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霍尔辩称，纳税人资助的现金援助应该包含类似现有公共援助项目的收入和法律身份要求。
“我们更倾向于传统的福利项目，比如医疗补助、食品券计划和妇女、婴儿和儿童特别补充食品计划，”霍尔说，“这些项目会确保你合法居留，确保你收入不高，然后才会给你发放福利。但Rx Kids项目不是这样的。”
霍尔还批评了该项目无限制的现金补贴，指出受助者无需将钱用于尿布、配方奶粉、住房或其他与怀孕或照顾新生儿相关的开支。
“他们给你这笔免费现金，顾名思义，没有任何附加条件，”霍尔说。
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霍尔表示，个案工作者告诉他，他们看到受助者将这笔钱用于酒精、毒品和赌博。福克斯新闻数字频道尚未独立核实这些说法。
这位议长还指出了Rx Kids负责人的公开言论，称这些言论进一步印证了共和党人的担忧，即该项目的初衷并非仅仅是一个产妇健康项目。
霍尔的办公室还分享了播客采访内容，Rx Kids联合创始人卢克·谢弗在采访中讨论了扩大的儿童税收抵免，以及他认为在联邦补贴到期后Rx Kids可以发挥的作用。
在另一次采访中，Rx Kids负责人莫娜·哈娜博士谈到了她将该项目发展为政府规模公共项目的愿景。
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霍尔表示，这些言论与他对Rx Kids项目的评估一致。
“这是一场进步左翼的实验，本质上就是全民基本收入，”霍尔说，“他们试图将福利国家推向这条道路。”
霍尔还对该项目的咨询网络提出了质疑。
霍尔的办公室还分享了Rx Kids网站的存档版本，该网站曾将民主党美国参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德、密歇根州务卿、民主党州长候选人乔斯林·本森的丈夫瑞安·弗里德里希斯以及社区变革组织官员多里安·沃伦列为该项目咨询委员会成员。
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在6月2日密歇根州众议院监督委员会听证会上议员们质疑项目负责人几天后，该咨询委员会页面从该组织网站上被移除。
移除的时间并不能说明该页面被取下的原因。
“我们州务卿的丈夫在咨询委员会里。阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德也在委员会里，”霍尔说，“这简直是激进左翼民主党人的名人录。”
霍尔的办公室还指出，Rx Kids的一份白皮书研究了受助者的投票率，以及该项目对Vot-ER的推广——这是一个由TurboVote提供支持的、由医生背书的选民登记组织。
霍尔办公室提供的材料还显示，哈娜是Vot-ER的顾问。
霍尔表示，这些关联以及该项目对投票行为的研究值得进一步审查。
“我们试图弄清楚，你们为什么会对领取无附加条件福利的人的投票模式如此感兴趣，”霍尔说，“我们没有得到满意的答复。”
霍尔表示，众议院共和党人在密歇根州新签署的预算中没有为Rx Kids项目预留额外资金，尽管该项目仍可使用之前拨付的资金。
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密歇根州众议院议长马特·霍尔（左）与州长格蕾琴·惠特默站在一起。霍尔批评了该州的Rx Kids项目。（图片来源：贾宾·博茨福德/《华盛顿邮报》/盖蒂图片社）
“好消息是，我们在新预算中切断了对这个项目的资金支持，”霍尔说，“未来，我们将尝试为其设置监管护栏，确保资金流向真正有需要的人。”
霍尔表示，他希望将纳税人的资金用于现有的评估经济需求并限制某些福利使用方式的项目，而非取消对困难家庭的援助。
“我认为民众支持这些项目，”霍尔说，“它们有资格要求，以确保你不会占制度的便宜。”
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系州长格蕾琴·惠特默的办公室、Rx Kids项目和密歇根州立大学请其置评。
斯蒂芬妮·普莱斯是福克斯新闻的撰稿人，专注于西海岸和中西部新闻、失踪人员案、全国和国际犯罪故事、凶杀案以及边境安全。
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EXCLUSIVE: Michigan House speaker calls for answers over $300M taxpayer-funded Rx Kids program
2026-08-06T19:50:24-04:00 / Fox News
Speaker Matt Hall says the taxpayer-funded cash payments went to anyone who had a child regardless of legal status
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Published August 6, 2026 7:50pm EDT
Michigan GOP leader blasts $300M Rx Kids program as income experiment
Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall discusses concerns over Michigan’s Rx Kids initiative, including taxpayer funding, unrestricted cash payments, eligibility requirements and what he calls a broader guaranteed income effort.
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The Republican leader of Michigan’s House says a state-funded maternal health initiative has become something far different than lawmakers were promised, accusing Democrats of using more than $300 million in taxpayer funding to advance a broader guaranteed-income agenda.
Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall made the remarks in an interview with Fox News Digital as House Republicans continue scrutinizing Rx Kids, a taxpayer-funded program that provides unrestricted cash payments to pregnant women and new mothers.
Hall argued lawmakers believed they were funding a maternal and prenatal health initiative, not what he described as a broader experiment in guaranteed income.
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Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall discusses his concerns about Michigan’s Rx Kids program.(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“I think the Democrats kind of slipped this in here under the idea that it was for prenatal care,” Hall told Fox News Digital. “Lawmakers did not have the complete picture.”
Rx Kids launched in Flint in 2024 and provides expectant mothers with a $1,500 lump-sum payment during pregnancy, followed by $500 monthly payments after the child is born.
According to materials provided to Fox News Digital by Hall’s office, the program has expanded to communities across Michigan with more than $300 million in taxpayer funding.
Rx Kids has promoted the initiative as a maternal and infant health program designed to reduce financial stress for new families. According to podcast interviews and program materials, its leaders have also discussed expanding the model to communities across Michigan and beyond.
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Hall argued the program lacks the eligibility requirements found in traditional public assistance programs.
“We have a lot of social safety net programs in our country that are working very well,” Hall said. “They have eligibility checks. They look at citizenship. They look at income verification.”
“Rx Kids, by design, is given to anyone that has a child,” he continued. “They don’t look for citizenship. They just pay out anyone that has a child.”
Hall’s office also provided Fox News Digital with video of legislative committee testimony in which program officials acknowledged payments had been made to individuals who were not legally present in the United States.
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Hall argued taxpayer-funded cash assistance should include income and legal-status requirements similar to those used by existing public assistance programs.
“What we prefer are the traditional welfare programs like Medicaid, the food stamp program and the WIC program,” Hall said. “They make sure you’re here legally, they make sure you’re not making a lot of money, and then they give you the benefit. That’s not what Rx Kids is.”
Hall also criticized the program’s unrestricted cash payments, noting recipients are not required to spend the money on diapers, formula, housing or other expenses related to pregnancy or caring for a newborn.
“They give you this free cash and there are no strings attached by definition,” Hall said.
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The cover of the Rx Kids playbook describes how communities can replicate the Michigan-based maternal cash assistance program.(rxkids.org)
Hall said caseworkers had told him they had seen recipients use the money for alcohol, drugs and gambling. Fox News Digital has not independently verified those claims.
The speaker also pointed to public comments from Rx Kids leaders that he said reinforced Republican concerns that the initiative is intended to become something larger than a maternal health program.
Hall’s office also shared podcast interviews in which Rx Kids co-founder Luke Shaefer discussed the expanded Child Tax Credit and the role he believes Rx Kids can play following the expiration of those federal payments.
In a separate interview, Rx Kids leader Dr. Mona Hanna discussed her vision of growing the initiative into a government-scale public program.
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Hall said those remarks aligned with his assessment of Rx Kids.
“This is a progressive left-wing experiment toward basically a universal income,” Hall said. “They’re trying to move the welfare state down that lane.”
Hall also questioned the program’s advisory network.
Hall’s office also shared archived versions of the Rx Kids website that listed Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan Secretary of State and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson’s husband Ryan Friedrichs and Community Change official Dorian Warren as members of the program’s advisory circle.
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The advisory-circle page was removed from the organization’s website days after lawmakers questioned program leaders during a June 2 Michigan House Oversight Committee hearing.
The timing of the removal does not establish why the page was taken down.
“Our secretary of state’s husband is on the advisory board. Abdul El-Sayed is on the board,” Hall said. “It’s like a who’s who of radical left Democrats.”
Hall’s office also pointed to an Rx Kids white paper examining voter turnout among recipients, as well as the program’s promotion of Vot-ER, a physician-backed voter registration organization powered by TurboVote.
Materials provided by Hall’s office also identified Hanna as an adviser to Vot-ER.
Hall said those connections and the program’s research into voting behavior deserved additional scrutiny.
“We’re trying to understand why are you so interested in the voting pattern of the people that are receiving your no-strings-attached welfare,” Hall said. “We aren’t getting good answers.”
Hall said House Republicans did not include additional funding for Rx Kids in Michigan’s newly signed budget, though the program still has access to previously appropriated funds.
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Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall, left, stands with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Hall has criticized the state’s Rx Kids program.(Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
“The good news is that we cut off funding to this program in the new budget,” Hall said. “In the future, we’re going to try to put guardrails around it so that it goes to the people that truly need it.”
Rather than eliminating assistance for struggling families, Hall said he wants taxpayer dollars directed toward existing programs that assess financial need and place restrictions on how certain benefits can be spent.
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“I think people support those programs,” Hall said. “They have eligibility requirements to ensure that you’re not taking advantage of the system.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office, Rx Kids and Michigan State University for comment.
Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.
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