EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chairman of the Senate health committee, has launched an inquiry into the administration of Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) over its handling of a recent data breach involving the private information of more than 300,000 state residents.

The investigation, first reported by the Washington Examiner, comes on the heels of Cassidy conducting a similar inquiry into the handling of a health data breach in Illinois by Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D-IL) administration.