The two Democratic lawmakers on the board of the state's jobs agency are asking the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to explain what it's doing to recover state funds from companies that have outsourced jobs.

Sen. Julie Lassa, D-Stevens Point, and Rep. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, sent a letter to WEDC Secretary and CEO Mark Hogan on Monday requesting a report on the agency's "clawback" efforts for incentives given to companies that later outsourced positions or violated otherwise violated their agreements.

The legislators asked WEDC staff to detail those efforts in a report at the agency's July board meeting.

"As you are well aware, the public perception that taxpayer dollars are going to companies which are not creating jobs, or which are actually reducing their employment in Wisconsin, is one of the significant challenges WEDC faces in rebuilding public confidence," Lassa and Barca wrote.

Discussing clawback efforts at the July meeting would give the board a chance to understand and offer input, they wrote.

In an emailed response, Hogan said the board will add an update from its October 2015 discussion on the issue to its July meeting.