Earlier this month, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform during a hearing titled “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II.”
The hearing followed the exposure of a massive child-nutrition fraud scheme tied to Feeding Our Future, widely described as involving roughly $250 million in federal funds, as well as broader allegations from federal investigators and House Republicans that fraud and improper billing in Minnesota’s Medicaid-related programs may reach into the billions. During the hearing, Walz was asked a series of basic questions about spending and oversight in his state that a governor should have been prepared to answer.
