Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) was a no-show at a Minnesota House oversight hearing on Tuesday about how his administration is actively combating fraud in the state’s taxpayer-funded childcare services, notably declining to testify on the same day that the FBI raided nearly two dozen facilities in Minneapolis, including daycares, suspected of stealing federal public assistance funds.

Lawmakers on the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee noted that they reached out to Walz more than a month ago, followed up multiple times, and that he had his “pick of dates” to choose from.