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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/06/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- And the fraud that's occurring is due directly to Governor Walz's failed leadership.
- that is confirmed ensure that the fraud that is confirmed to<01:27:16.560>
be <01:27:16.719>- Fraud, as we know, has happened for a very long time under many programs through many administrations
- I'm on which is addressing I'm on which is addressing fraud<01:30:14.679>
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only politicalized that some fraud only politicalized that some fraud only
Summary:
The committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention heard presentations focused on public housing and related funding needs, with testimony from Minnesota NAHRO and several local housing authorities. Melissa Taphorn described the role of housing authorities statewide, including public housing, vouchers, CDBG/HOME funds, Bridges, and HEAT, and emphasized that public housing serves over 36,000 low-income Minnesotans, many of whom are seniors, people with disabilities, or children. She said federal operating and capital funds are insufficient, creating deferred maintenance backlogs, and noted that Minnesota’s public housing capital needs over a five-year period were about $500 million, with nearly $200 million unmet. She also discussed federal uncertainty, including a recent HUD funding freeze notice, possible changes to fair housing requirements, RAD repositioning options, and Build America, Buy America costs.
Committee members asked about tenant rent calculations and the populations served. Testimony clarified that public housing residents generally pay 30% of monthly income, with utility allowances factored in, and that the average tenant rent in Minnesota is about $399. Members also heard that about 65% of public housing households are seniors or people with disabilities, while about 35% are families. The committee then heard examples of how state POP grants have been used to preserve public housing stock. Kurt Kina of the Red Wing HRA described multiple POP-funded projects that replaced windows, upgraded heating and cooling, and modernized electrical systems in a 100-resident high-rise, saying the work was essential to keep the building viable.
Louise Siba of the St. Paul PHA testified that St. Paul’s authority serves nearly 22,000 people through more than 4,200 public housing units and over 5,200 vouchers, with most townhomes and high-rises serving elderly or disabled residents. She said St. Paul PHA has received nearly $16 million in POP funding since 2012, including about $8.5 million last year, and that those funds enabled major life-safety and modernization projects such as the Denan Terrace renovation and boiler, plumbing, and interior upgrades in high-rises. Jill Keers of the Duluth HRA described a broader set of housing programs, including vouchers, rehab loans, emergency repair funds, construction training, and development. She said Duluth HRA is adding 128 housing units between 2023 and 2025, including mixed-income rentals, senior housing, and family townhomes, and stressed that state investment through POP and other programs is necessary to keep housing affordable and safe.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- As you know, we did some fraud work in that as well.
- Because probably half of those are fraud.
- Not afraid to call that fraud at all, because it is 100% fraud.
- I heard a lot of talk about fraud, waste, and abuse, but this budget does nothing to rein in the fraud
- Program that we know has a 20% fraud rate.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't see indicators of fraud, so we're not concerned there.
- We that, you know, we did not see fraud.
- <00:40:38.120>
Uh say, it's not concerns for fraud. Uh say, it's not concerns for fraud. - Um this report doesn't spell out fraud.
- And I think the opportunities for fraud?
Bills:
HF3564
Summary:
The Legacy Finance Committee met to approve the prior meeting minutes and then heard a presentation from the Office of the Legislative Auditor on its performance audit of the Department of Natural Resources’ administration of Outdoor Heritage Fund grants. OLA explained that the DNR generally complied with the criteria tested, but the audit identified two main problem areas: grant payments and grant monitoring. The audit covered 13 grants, mostly legislatively named grants awarded in fiscal year 2020, and reviewed agreements, amendments, payments, monitoring, and some site visits.
OLA reported that for three grantees, totaling about $400,000, invoices lacked enough detail to determine whether costs were allowable, and about $5,000 was paid to two grantees without sufficient supporting documentation. The auditors also said DNR lacked policies defining allowable costs and what “directly related to and necessary” means under state law. On monitoring, DNR missed required annual visits for six grants, made payments on current progress reports that were missing or not on file, and had weaknesses in closeout evaluations, including missing required elements, late completion, and two grants with no closeout evaluation at all. OLA recommended stronger documentation, clearer guidelines with the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, timely monitoring and closeout, obtaining progress reports before payment, and improved internal controls.
Members reacted strongly to the findings, especially the repeated failures to follow grant procedures and the risks of legislatively named grants and advance payments. Representative Heintzeman and Vice Chair Skraba questioned whether the issues reflected broader problems in state grant oversight and asked about prepayments, follow-up, and whether more legislative action was needed. OLA officials said they do not rely on self-attestation, but instead retest agencies after 2 to 3 years, and noted a new annual update-report process that will track whether agencies implement prior recommendations. Judy Randall, the Legislative Auditor, said the laws and policies already exist and emphasized that the issue is ensuring agency staff follow them; she also said most recommendations in the recent update report had been implemented. No further committee action or vote was taken on the audit during this portion of the meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/12/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- have a fraud problem here in Minnesota. have a fraud problem here in Minnesota.
- , make it harder to manage the fraud.
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Other fraud. - Other fraud.
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issue saturated or that there's a fraud issue saturated or that there's a fraud
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 10/14/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- to commit voter registration fraud. to commit voter registration fraud.
- ,<00:02:47.000>
but wrongdoing related to voter fraud, but wrongdoing related to voter fraud - We know fraud which we continued here.
- It also is not a hearing on fraud.
- hearing on fraud. hearing on fraud.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-29 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- fraud.
- Yes, I believe they were yesterday in accordance with fraud.
- In the state of Florida, if you're going to commit fraud, you should be arrested.
- In the state of Florida, if you're going to commit fraud, you should be arrested.
- As far as the SNAP program overall, if you want to talk about fraud, waste, and abuse, the big reason
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Senator Donnell C. Childers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Officer Antonio Richardson as law enforcement officer of the day. A quorum was announced, the journal was approved, and the Speaker said the chamber would take up 11 budget conference reports, with debate and final votes on each report. The first report considered was HB 7031E, the tax package, followed by HB 501E, the state budget appropriations bill.
On HB 7031E, Chair Duggan explained that the conference report included a range of tax reductions and tax-related changes, including sales tax holidays, property tax and homestead-related provisions, reductions in certain taxes and fees, and new exemptions or administrative clarifications. He said the package also added items such as sales tax relief for certain university construction projects, a tennis admissions exemption, and changes to agricultural property tax treatment, and that the amendment reduced state and local tax revenues by $272.2 million. Members questioned the bill about the child care tax credit reduction from three years to one, the homestead exemption provision for certain diplomats and foreign service personnel, the absence of gas tax relief and combined reporting, and the inclusion of firearm accessories and tennis tickets in sales tax holidays. After structured debate, the House adopted the conference report and passed HB 7031E by a vote of 88-11.
The House then began the conference report on HB 501E, the $114.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, which was described as below the prior year’s spending level and leaving more than $14 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined major allocations across education, higher education, IT, health care, transportation and economic development, justice, state administration, and agriculture/natural resources. Highlights included increased FEFP funding and veteran teacher raises, full funding for Bright Futures, major IT modernization projects, Medicaid and behavioral health funding, transportation and local infrastructure spending, correctional and law enforcement investments, fire station and emergency response funding, and large environmental and water-quality appropriations. Members asked detailed questions about school voucher fraud oversight, scholarship funding, teacher raises, preeminence funding, ADAP changes, SNAP data tools and error rates, Medicaid rate changes, prison wastewater monitoring, and other budget items, but the transcript ends during the budget questions before final action on HB 501E is shown.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that fraud is always going to be a consideration and we want to make sure that we are taking
- So I think we can all agree that we want to prevent fraud. Criminal activity, etc. right?
- Before the number skyrocketed, what was the annual amount of fraud with paper plates that y'all were
- What was the number of fraud or theft or, you know, all the nefarious activity?
- Like how many instances of fraud were we seeing before we did the change?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't want to see fraud hurting fraud.
- We can fight fraud, but ultimately who are the victims of that fraud?
- We<01:02:47.839>
can <01:02:48.000>fight <01:02:48.240>fraud, We can fight fraud - that fraud? that fraud?
- Um, target those that are doing the fraud. You know what I'm saying? And, and fraud.
Keywords:
background study, disqualification, set-aside, permanent disqualification, Office of Administrative Hearings, chief judge, human services licensing, substance use disorder treatment, SUD treatment, chemical dependency, recovery, rehabilitation, abstinence, foster care, child foster care, vulnerable adults, caregiver background check, license holder, direct contact, risk of harm
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Media Availability 3/17/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The only exception that there is is with the fraud committee, that will still be chaired by Representative
- Kristin Robbins, with a 53 majority, a Republican majority in that fraud committee.
- committee that will still with the fraud committee that will still be<00:00:52.359>
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh you can read public fraud amount.
- program on the program fraud amount. program on the program fraud amount.
- crimes and fraud section of BCA. crimes and fraud section of BCA.
- fraud fraud and<01:09:12.799>
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section the financial crimes and fraud section the financial crimes and fraud
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Banking and Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- I definitely share your mission of wanting to root out fraud from these transactions.
- And then I also don't see how it would prevent fraud.
- So, fraud from these transactions.
- And then I also don't see how it would prevent fraud.
- I've talked with their fraud departments.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- ' dollars wasted on rampant fraud in the Medicaid system.
- Medicaid fraud in Texas right now that has not been recovered?
- If there's fraud out there, we should go deal with that.
- We talk about fraud.
- Medicaid fraud? I am aware of some of the situations of who is committing Medicaid fraud.
Keywords:
appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, May 22, 2026 - AM
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
- a fraud pro, excuse me, fraud problem. a fraud pro, excuse me, fraud problem.
- The big problem with voter fraud, in fact any fraud, is repudiation.
- fact any fraud, is repudiation. fact any fraud, is repudiation.
- Um, we've already slipped fraud. So, we're, we put fraud after lunch.
- So, we're we put fraud after fraud.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Conference Committee on SF3045 5/12/25
Transcript Highlights:
- and scams, and find workplaces to frauds and scams, and find workplaces to be<00:14:17.519>
agist - that grants are administered properly and that there is appropriate oversight in place to prevent fraud
- and misuse of place to prevent fraud and misuse of those<00:25:30.080>
funds. - First, a key element of the governor's anti-fraud package is Admin's data-sharing proposal included in
- Uh also uh our fraud prevention efforts.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
04/20/2026 - Senate Director Nominations
Transcript Highlights:
- We have our... ...integrity and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse.
- As you know, and as I mentioned in a previous response, we did have the wire fraud transfer, and we had
- I'd love to be able to promise that we would never have an instance of fraud, waste, and abuse again,
- And it's no wonder that we have issues like the $2 million wire fraud.
- , outright fraud from happening again, correct?
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Director Nominations met to consider Ruby Dylan Williams for Director of the Arizona Department of Housing. Williams described her long career at the department, her work on operational improvements, housing development, manufactured housing, and efforts to expand supply, preserve existing housing, and improve transparency through data and technology. She also said she would work with the legislature, local governments, tribal nations, nonprofits, and private partners, and emphasized the department’s role in addressing housing affordability and homelessness across the housing continuum.
Members questioned her about the department’s response to Auditor General findings, including fraud prevention, payment verification, site inspections, and oversight of grantees. Williams said the department had rewritten policies, retrained staff, added stronger controls, and implemented verbal verification steps for wire transfers after a fraud incident. Senators also pressed her on budget priorities, possible cuts, and her view of homelessness policy, with some members characterizing her approach as closer to shelter or transitional housing before permanent placement. Williams said interventions should be individualized and that the department works with local jurisdictions and service providers to match people with appropriate support.
Public testimony was overwhelmingly supportive. Developers, housing industry representatives, and nonprofit partners praised Williams’ private-sector housing finance experience, her knowledge of LIHTC and the QAP process, and her leadership in making the agency more efficient and business-friendly. After debate, the committee voted 3-2 to recommend her confirmation to the full Senate. Two members voted no, citing concerns about her answers on fraud oversight, cost controls, and homelessness policy, while the majority supported advancing her nomination.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 20, 2025 - 08:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- a commissioner of government efficiency with the power to audit, investigate, and report on waste, fraud
- argue there actually are areas of concern in state government, and Do you define that as waste and fraud
- create a full-time office whose sole responsibility, 24-7, 365 days a year, is to root out waste, fraud
- is giving the Commissioner of Government Efficiency the power to audit, investigate, and report on fraud
- And a striking example of waste, fraud, and abuse from several years ago was when a state-funded agency
Summary:
The committee heard and approved several measures. HB 735 expanded Florida’s boating improvement program to fund parking for boat trailers at public ramps and offered a 10% sovereign submerged land lease discount for manufacturers using environmental best management practices; it passed unanimously. HB 4021 expanded the North River Ranch Improvement Stewardship District in Manatee County by 640 acres and was reported favorably. CS for HB 371, which promotes nature-based methods and green/gray infrastructure for coastal resilience, also passed unanimously after supportive testimony from resilience and environmental groups and committee members.
The committee then took up HJR 1325, a proposed constitutional amendment to create an elected Commissioner of Government Efficiency (COGE) with authority to audit, investigate, and report on waste, fraud, and abuse in state and local government. The proposal would eliminate the lieutenant governor position, the Government Efficiency Task Force, and the legislature’s current auditor appointment, with many implementation details deferred to a future bill. Members debated the scope of the new office, its relationship to the Auditor General and inspectors general, whether it should cover the legislative and judicial branches, staffing, and the comparison to federal DOGE efforts. An amendment making a minor wording change was adopted, and the resolution passed 23-? with a favorable report after a split vote.
The committee also approved two Gulf of America bills. HB 575 redesignated the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, and CS for HB 549 required Florida’s academic standards and newly adopted instructional materials to reflect the federal designation for materials acquired on or after July 1, 2025. Both measures drew criticism from members who argued the renaming was politically motivated, historically insensitive, and potentially confusing for students, while supporters said Florida should align with federal action. HB 575 passed and CS for HB 549 passed 18-7. Finally, HB 4071, a local bill adjusting the boundary between Coral Springs and Parkland in Broward County by about 8.7 acres, was amended and reported favorably with support from both cities and the Broward delegation.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/20/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- It's been made far worse by fraud.
- it shuts down all the fraud it shuts down all the fraud investigations<01:34:59.360>
cuz < - good work, including combating fraud good work, including combating fraud here<01:42:54.239>
- Uh we need to listen fraud.
- purpose of the surge is to fight fraud purpose of the surge is to fight fraud in<03:09:35.279>
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Fraud against public programs is unacceptable.
- If the audit reveals suspected fraud, the case is referred to law enforcement.
- to counties for SNAP and MFIP recipient fraud.
- Because there's reports made all the time of maltreatment, fraud suspected fraud, and as these investigations
- Because there's reports made all the time of maltreatment, fraud, suspected fraud, and as these investigations
VA
Virginia 2026 1st Special Session
Commission on Unemployment Compensation Jul 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Want to be clear today, VC collects on and works with law enforcement to prosecute all fraud.
- When folks are victims of identity theft, when, uh, All fraud.
- And we have, we've put in place systems and metrics to help us prevent that kind of fraud.
- And our fraud rate is lower than the national out. To detect it.
- fraud in May, which demonstrates that the tool continues to help us protect program integrity while
Summary:
The Commission on Unemployment Compensation met, established a quorum, and elected Delegate Destiny LeVere Bolling as chair and Senator Mike Jones as vice chair. The commission also adopted its electronic meeting policy and heard introductions from new members, staff, and officials from the Secretary of Labor’s office and the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC). Secretary Jessica Lumen outlined the administration’s workforce and labor priorities, including supporting workers, employers, and program transparency, while members raised concerns about business climate, job losses, labor participation, and the implementation of paid family and medical leave.
Staff provided legislative updates on recent unemployment-related bills. These included increases to the weekly unemployment benefit amount enacted in 2025 and 2026, a bill on labor dispute disqualification that changed how lockouts are treated for benefit eligibility, and a budget item providing $75,000 for actuarial support to the commission. The commission also discussed the 2025 work group on annual adjustments to weekly benefit amounts; staff reported that the work group did not complete its charge, and members agreed to revisit whether to reconstitute it at a future meeting. Delegate Martinez expressed support for continuing the work, and the chair said the issue would be taken up at the next meeting.
Deputy Commissioner Joanna Darkus gave a detailed presentation on Virginia’s unemployment insurance system, including current claims data, eligibility rules, employer tax structure, benefit levels, trust fund solvency, fraud prevention, and customer service operations. She reported that Virginia’s unemployment rate remains low, weekly claims are modest, the current weekly benefit range is $160 to $478, and the trust fund balance factor is projected at 50.9 percent, near the threshold for additional employer charges. Members asked about the taxable wage base, trust fund solvency, the effect of benefit increases, fraud controls, and the planned paid family and medical leave program. VEC said it is implementing that program through regulations, staffing, IT procurement, public listening sessions, and consultation with other states. A public commenter from the Virginia Poverty Law Center urged the commission to strengthen state investment in unemployment insurance and warned that federal support is uncertain. The commission then adjourned without taking further action.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- government where there's no fraud. government where there's no fraud.
- There's no reflection of fraud. I just want to be very clear there.
- It's not fraud. Um, I really want to make sure people understand an error is not fraud.
- It's not fraud. Um I really doing that. It's not fraud.
- error is not fraud. error is not fraud.