FRAUD IN MINNESOTA

On 2026-01-08, Representative Randy Fine (R-FL-6) delivered a floor speech titled "FRAUD IN MINNESOTA" in the House. The speech addressed healthcare and also covered housing.

FRAUD IN MINNESOTA

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)] [House] [Page H229] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] FRAUD IN MINNESOTA (Mr. FINE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. FINE. Mr. Speaker, I met with a lot of angry constituents over the last 2 weeks. They are angry about how expensive America has become. They are angry, in large part, because they realize one simple truth: The Somali pirates are not in the Horn of Africa anymore. They are right here in our country, and their captain is Tim Walz. While my constituents suffer today, 81 percent of Somali families are on welfare. Nine billion dollars was stolen from child nutrition, housing, and autism services in Minnesota, largely through Feeding Our Future, a program that theoretically opened more than 250 sites and was supposed to be feeding 91 million meals. It was not doing that. There was a Medicaid program, the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention program, where the Federal Government was paying 64 percent and fake autism treatment firms were created. Our constituents are suffering. Before we ask them to continue to suffer, we owe it to them to root out everyone who was involved in this fraud and hold everyone accountable, and that is exactly what I intend to do. ____________________