I would agree that adopting the approach of limited prepayment controls, which then relied on personal attestation, increased the speed and helped the government meet the objective of getting support to individuals and businesses in a quick fashion. That is an approach that is unusual and one that should be done in unusual times, but it does come hand in hand with the need to do very rigorous work afterwards to verify eligibility.
On December 6th, 2022. See this statement in context.