“When Public Funds Are Abused: Addressing Fraud and the Theft of Taxpayer Dollars”

Meeting Status:

Scheduled

Hearing

Date:

Wed, 01/21/2026 - 10:00 AM

Location:

Capitol Complex, 2141 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA

Witnesses

Mr. Scott Dexter
Independent Journalist

Ms. Jennifer Larson
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Holland Autism Center and Clinic

Mr. Nick Shirley
Independent Journalist

Mr. Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette
Acting Vice President of Policy and Governemnt Affairs, Project On Government Oversight

Meeting Documents

An article from The Century Foundation titled, “Trump’s Child Care Funding Freeze in Five States Could Cost Families $400 Million”, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA
An article from Project On Government Oversight titled, “7 Ways Congress Should Sharpen Its Oversight in 2026”, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA
An article from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities titled, “Republicans’ Claims of “Fraud” Are a Pretext for Unpopular and Drastic Medicaid Cuts”, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA
An article from ProPublica titled, “Arizona Has Recovered Just 5% of Taxpayer Dollars Lost in a $2.5 Billion Medicaid Fraud Scheme”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
An article from The Columbus Dispatch titled, “Columbus mother and daughter among 15 indicted in pandemic unemployment assistant scheme”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
An article titled, “Timeline: Fraud investigations stretch across Walz’s tenure”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
An article from NBC News titled, “Trump’s pardons forgive financial crimes that came with hundreds of millions in punishments”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
An article from Breitbart titled, “Justice Dept. to Interrogate Tim Walz, Four Other Top Minnesota Democrats”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from Breitbart titled, “Vance Praises YouTuber Nick Shirley Reporting on Minnesota Fraud”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from Breitbart titled, “Walz, Omar Using ICE Operations to Distract from Fraud Scandal”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from Chicago Sun Times titled, “Biden commutes sentences of 2 Illinois megafraudsters”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from CNN titled, “Victims ‘shocked’ after Biden grants clemency to ‘kids-for-cash’ judge and $54 million embezzler”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from Detroit News titled, “Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences, pardons 39 in biggest single-day act of clemency”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from Fox 9 titled, “Through the years: A decade of investigating fraud Minnesota”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from Fox News titled, “Biden clemency list includes individuals who defrauded taxpayers out of millions”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from Just the News titled, “In Somali fraud scandal, Republicans probe evidence of a blue state election scheme”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from MSN titled, “Foreign ATM? Somali cash exodus from Minneapolis exponentially larger than other major US airports”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from MSN titled, “Suitcases filled with millions in cash flew out of MSP airport; ex-TSA agent connects dots years later”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from MSN titled, “TSA flags suspicious cash outflow at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from the North Dakota Monitor titled, “North Dakota judge blasts Biden for setting fraudsters free”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
An article from The Blaze titled, “Minnesota day-care expose journalist strikes again – and part 2 names the ‘hub’ of the fraud wheel”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
A press released from the US Department of Health and Human Services titled, “HHS Freezes Child Care and Family Assistance Grants in Five States for Fraud Concerns”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
A press release from the DOJ titled, “78th Defendant Charged in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
A press release from the DOJ titled, “Six Additional Defendants Charged, One Defendant Pleads Guilty in Ongoing Fraud Schemes”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ
A letter dated October 21, 2025, from Representative Bennie Thompson to Secretary Robert Kennedy, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
A press release from the Governor of Minnesota’s office titled, “Governor Walz Issues Executive Order Directing State Agencies to Take Additional Steps to Continue combating Fraud”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
State of Minnesota Executive Order 25-10 titled, “Empowering State Agencies to Continue Combatting Fraud”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
An article from The Guardian titled, “Trump calls Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ as US reportedly targets Minnesota community”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
An article from PBS titled, “5 states sue Trump administration for withholding billions in social safety net funds”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
An article from The Guardian titled, “Behind the Somali daycare panic is a mother-and-son duo angling to be top Maga influencers”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
An article from The Intercept titled, “Right-Wing Youtuber Behind Viral Minnesota Fraud Video Has Long Anti-Immigrant History”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
An article from 19th News titled, “Here’s what’s happening with childcare fraud in Minnesota”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
An article from the Huffington Post titled, “The Trump Administration Says It’s Cracking Down On Fraud. It Gave A Red State A Pass”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD
State of Minnesota Executive Order 25-01 titled, “Preventing Fraud and Establishing the Financial Crimes and Fraud Section of the Department of Public Safety”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD