Director of 'cash giveaway' program tailored to new mothers grilled on how taxpayer funding is used in debate

Michigan House Republicans are demanding a rigorous inspection of a taxpayer-funded cash assistance program for new mothers, aggressively questioning its benefits and sounding the alarm over how millions of dollars are being spent.

The scrutiny boiled over during a June 2 House Oversight Committee hearing, where GOP lawmakers targeted "Rx Kids"— an initiative billed as the nation's largest citywide cash aid program for prenatal and infant care.

"I think there was a belief that there...