WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – Gov. Tim Walz appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday, answering questions about how billions of dollars in social service funds were stolen by fraudsters in Minnesota.
Committee Chairman James Comer accused the Walz administration of allowing warnings to go unheeded as money was misappropriated.
“Billions of taxpayer dollars were stolen from social service programs while warnings piled up,” Comer said. “We’re talking about fake invoices, meals that never existed, luxury cars and overseas investments. All paid by the American taxpayer.”
Walz defended the state’s response, pushing back on suggestions that eliminating the programs would have prevented the fraud.
“I see folks making the claim that, well, you wouldn’t have any fraud if you just cut all these programs if you just zeroed them out,” Walz said. “That is true. If we did…
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