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Hearing Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 20 transcript matches
MOODY, ASHLEY "Washington, I was like, we need to take a machete to all of the bureaucracy, all of the, this has always been, there's always, every time I bring up a problem, the dim response is, we've always had fraud, or we've always had coercion of individuals, or we've always had this, but they never once say, let's do something about it. So I would, I would actually ask my colleagues, I have proposed in response to this, if we want to do something about it, if we want to be aggressive, we need to start proposing solutions. I thank my colleague, Senator Ernst. I've also proposed the Stop Child Care..."
Hearing “Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Request transcript · 13 transcript matches
SPEAKER_05 "and the sustained investment to use those tools before the money moves, not after. Every dollar we protect from organized fraud is a dollar that stays available for the people Congress intended to help. Thank you, and I look forward to your questions. appreciate it. A lot is coming from abroad, we have a lot going going on internally as well, it really depends on the type of fraud we're looking at in the context of the type of fraud you just mentioned with folks engaging in online romance fraud, we're seeing a lot coming from places like South Asia, a lot is moving right now to Africa, in..."
Hearing “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026 · Request transcript · 9 transcript matches
MCGUIRE, JOHN J. "I heard through testimony that it was career suicide to speak up, but Ms. Robinson, you've been very vocal about the mistreatment of whistleblowers by Governor Walz. Can you speak to some of the ways that Governor Walz and his administration have retaliated against whistleblowers? So based on all of your knowledge about this scandal or this fraud in Minnesota, I think it's the tip of the iceberg. We're like $37 trillion in debt, and now I don't know what it is about Somali, but apparently they're using that for Somali daycare centers in Washington State now, and it's come to light that..."
Hearing “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
BROWN, SHONTEL M. "Thank you. And there's deeper hypocrisy here. Donald Trump was found guilty by a jury of his peers on 34 felony counts of fraud. He has pardoned a businessman convicted of defrauding a Native American tribe to the tune of $60 million. He has pardoned a Florida CEO convicted of running $1.3 billion Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme. He has pardoned a nursing home executive who pleaded guilty to a $38 million tax scheme. I could go on and on. In fact, over half of the president's pardons have been for wire fraud, securities fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, and healthcare fraud. And several of..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
LEE, MIKE "Thank you. I appreciate that very much. This is a very important issue. Now, under your leadership, the Department of Justice fraud enforcement has seen some real success. You've got a lot of success stories under your belt already. Can you describe how you're leading that effort in the Department to combat citizen fraud, healthcare fraud, and fraud in taxpayer-funded programs and organizations? Shifting gears a little, tell us just very briefly about what the Department's doing under your leadership to protect children from"
Hearing H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act; H. Res. 1335 – Condemning actors seeking to...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026 · Request transcript · 4 transcript matches
SPEAKER_25 "committed by the Trump administration. It makes false claims about fraud in Minnesota and California and completely ignores fraud in Republican-led states. Coincidentally, I guess. Trump and his administration are not serious about good-faith efforts to combat waste, fraud, and abuse. They've gutted IGs. They've pardoned more than 25 fraudsters, including those committed wire fraud, security fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, health care fraud. This is the most through a whole series of corrupt schemes, and this resolution ignores those facts. I yield back, Madam"
Hearing “Fraud Prevention: Understanding Fraud in Federally Funded Programs Run by the States”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Apr 15, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
WALKINSHAW, JAMES R. "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for your indulgence again in allowing me to join the subcommittee, and thank you to our witnesses. Mr. McDoyan, the GAO testimony includes five principles of fraud, probably all four of you are familiar with this, from the International Public Sector Fraud Forum's Guide to Managing Fraud for Public Bodies, really wonderful five principles there. I would add a sixth that I think the chairman has demonstrated today, a fraud prevention effort has to be apolitical and nonpartisan if it's going to get the kind of buy-in necessary to succeed, and Dr. Alecka, I..."
Hearing “Curbing Federal Fraud: Examining Innovative Tools to Detect and Prevent Fraud in Federal Programs”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Jan 13, 2026 · Request transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_10 "allowing agencies to prevent fraud. The PRAC is also actively engaging with partner inspectors general to identify opportunities to prevent fraud in programs funded in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and to address fraud risks beyond identity theft and eligibility fraud issues, or issues such as traditional procurement fraud. Of particular focus will be cross-program risks, as fraudsters rarely target just one government"
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Second Circuit Applies Supreme Court Decision to Limit the Reach of Federal Fraud Statutes
Posts · Apr 26, 2023
In December 2022 the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its second decision in United States v. Blaszczak (Blaszczak II), overturning convictions for wire fraud, securities...
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Mail and Wire Fraud: A Brief Overview of Federal Criminal Law
Reports · Feb 11, 2019
The mail and wire fraud statutes are exceptionally broad. Their scope has occasionally given the courts pause. Nevertheless, prosecutions in their name have brought to an end schemes that have bilked...
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Mail and Wire Fraud: An Abbreviated Overview of Federal Criminal Law
Reports · Feb 11, 2019
The mail and wire fraud statutes are exceptionally broad. Their scope has occasionally given the courts pause. Nevertheless, prosecutions in their name have brought to an end schemes that have bilked...
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Schemes and False Statements: Supreme Court to Consider Scope of Anti-Fraud Liability Under Securities Laws
Posts · Nov 30, 2018
On December 3, 2018, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Lorenzo v. Securities and Exchange Commission, a case involving the scope of anti-fraud liability under federal securities law that...
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Deprivation of Honest Services as a Basis for Federal Mail and Wire Fraud Convictions
Reports · Sep 16, 2011
The United States Supreme Court in Skilling v. United States construed the honest services branch of the federal mail and wire fraud statutes to reach no more than cases involving bribery or...
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Pandemic Oversight: The Biden Administration’s New Anti-Fraud Proposal
Reports · Jun 15, 2023
On March 2, 2023, the Biden Administration released a new proposal with 17 components intended to enhance the response to fraud against COVID-19 pandemic relief programs and apply lessons learned...
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Health Care Fraud and Abuse Laws Affecting Medicare and Medicaid: An Overview
Reports · Jul 22, 2016
A number of federal statutes aim to combat fraud and abuse in federally funded health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Using these statutes, the federal government has been able to...
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From Clickwrap to RAP Sheet: Criminal Liability Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for Terms of Service Violations
Posts · Dec 21, 2020
Update: On November 30, 2020, the Supreme Court held oral arguments in Van Buren v. United States—a case that could resolve the judicial disagreement over whether the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...
Hearing State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight Deficiencies.
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
JOYCE, JOHN "Earlier this year, charges were filed against 21 suspects for defrauding Medicaid hospice benefits of $267 million. In New York, $226 million in social adult daycare fraud has been charged in 2026, just so far this year. Millions of dollars have been implicated in non-emergency medical transportation fraud schemes in recent years. In Ohio, a $42 million Medicaid fraud takedown implicated nine defendants in connection with therapeutic behavioral health services for children and young adults. Recently, there were also charges made in connection with hundreds of thousands of dollars in in-home..."
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Public Corruption and the Limits of Federal Fraud Statutes
Legal Sidebar · Jan 9, 2026
Over time, Congress has shown interest in policing public-sector corruption, enacting a number of criminal provisions aimed at holding corrupt officials and those who entice them accountable for...
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Fertility Fraud: Federal Criminal Law Issues
Resources · Jul 19, 2022
Recent media attention has focused on medical fertility specialists who have misrepresented the provenance of biological material—for example, inseminating patients with the specialists’ own sperm....
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Lies and Schemes: Supreme Court Expands Securities Fraud Liability
Posts · Apr 24, 2019
The Supreme Court recently held in Lorenzo v. Securities and Exchange Commission that persons who knowingly disseminate false statements to investors violate the “scheme liability” provisions of...
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Bribery, Kickbacks, and Self-Dealing: An Overview of Honest Services Fraud and Issues for Congress
Reports · May 18, 2020
As the trials of state legislators Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos illustrate, corruption among high-profile public officials continues to be a concern in the United States. Likewise, recent examples...
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Unemployment Insurance: Program Integrity and Fraud Concerns Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Reports · Apr 27, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic recession triggered a robust response from the federal-state Unemployment Insurance (UI) system. Permanent-law UI programs—Unemployment Compensation (UC)...
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Cybercrime and the Law: Primer on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and Related Statutes
Reports · May 16, 2023
There is no single, straightforward definition of cybercrime under federal law. Rather, depending on the context, “cybercrime” may refer to all crimes involving computers, or only to crimes targeting...
Hearing H.R. 7720, the "Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act"; H.R. 7721, the "Combating Regulatory Abuse, Closing Known...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Mar 5, 2026 · Request transcript
Testimony SPEAKER_25
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"committed by the Trump administration. It makes false claims about fraud in Minnesota and California and completely ignores fraud in Republican-led states. Coincidentally, I guess. Trump and his administration are not serious about good-faith efforts to combat waste, fraud, and abuse. They've gutted IGs. They've pardoned more than 25 fraudsters, including those committed wire fraud, security fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, health care fraud. This is the most through a whole series of corrupt..."
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Port Automation and Payroll Fraud
Posts · Jan 13, 2025
East and Gulf Coast port workers were set to go on strike again on January 15, 2025, had an agreement not been reached with their employers over automated cargo handling equipment. The January 9,...
Hearing the full Committee to consider the following: 1) H.R. 8463, Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act; 2) H.R. 8464, Stopping...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness Brady Finta
National Elder Fraud Justice Coordination Center · 1 hearing
Witness Dawn Royal
United Council on Welfare Fraud · 1 hearing
Witness The Honorable Kristin Robbins
Chair, Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee · 1 hearing
Witness Ms. Kaye Lynn Wootton, J.D.
National Association of State Medicaid Fraud Control Units · 1 hearing
Witness The Honorable Marion Rarick
Member, Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee · 1 hearing
Witness The Honorable Walter Hudson
Member, Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee · 1 hearing
Witness Ms. Dawn Royal
United Counsel on Welfare Fraud · 1 hearing
Witness Mr. Thad Madden
Former IRS Revenue Officer and Fraud Analyst · 1 hearing
Hearing Various Measures
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
SPEAKER_28 "From 2021 to 2022, reports of check fraud doubled from 350,000 to 680,000. In 2023 and 2024, consumers and financial institutions lost more than $1.3 billion to criminals utilizing check fraud. In my state of California, one couple was told that they had missed their quarterly tax payment and now owed $12,000 plus interest and penalties. Just to find out that their check had cleared, but a criminal had committed a check fraud to reroute the funds. Frusters aren't just targeting personal checks but are also going after business payments, Unfortunately, financial institutions are not currently..."
Hearing H.R.5634, the “Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026”; H.R.7083, the “CRUISE Act”; H.R.7103, the “Improving Emerging Tech...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · May 14, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine from fraud to recovery, focusing on restoring integrity in small business programs, including S.1199, to extend the statute of...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Feb 25, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.2544, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies and grantees that receive eligible Federal grant...
senate Judiciary Committee · Feb 5, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.2544, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies and grantees that receive eligible Federal grant...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jan 29, 2026 · Request transcript
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Yes, Mr. Chairman. I yield back the last word. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would delay implementation of the bill and avoid placing additional responsibilities of the Office on Child Care until staffing levels are at least restored to levels present prior to the start of this administration. We've talked about fraud and eliminating fraud, but it's important to hold those committing fraud and it's important to hold those committing fraud accountable, but it's equally important to build systems..."
Testimony SPEAKER_21
Future of Payments: Promoting Innovation and Fair Markets
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"to hire that next employee, or to invest in their business is critically important. And the third area is fraud. Fraud is an ongoing conversation with every business owner that I speak to, and fraud is obviously on the rise. We at STRIPE prevent $14 billion of fraud every month. So part of what they're looking for with STRIPE is an infrastructure player who has a broad network and is investing deeply in fraud prevention, and that's one of the critical conversations that we but typically it is..."
Testimony BROWN, SHONTEL M.
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Thank you. And there's deeper hypocrisy here. Donald Trump was found guilty by a jury of his peers on 34 felony counts of fraud. He has pardoned a businessman convicted of defrauding a Native American tribe to the tune of $60 million. He has pardoned a Florida CEO convicted of running $1.3 billion Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme. He has pardoned a nursing home executive who pleaded guilty to a $38 million tax scheme. I could go on and on. In fact, over half of the president's pardons have..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_18 "Senator Moody doing that. So, my role on the task force is related to unemployment insurance fraud. And the Department of Labor plays a significant role in making sure that there's no fraud. Because all fraud is a theft on taxpayer dollars. And what we saw in the unemployment system during COVID time, $135 billion was stolen. Stolen by crime, stolen by foreign"
Testimony FOXX, VIRGINIA
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Well, that's what we understood. You were afraid of political retaliation. So given the size and scope of the feeding our futures fraud, I think you and your administration would have been on high alert looking for additional fraud in the state. But after seeing the handling of feeding our futures and its 250 million in fraud, it came as no surprise to learn that even more staggering amounts of fraud, estimated at up to $9 billion, were uncovered in the child care assistance program, the..."
Testimony BIGGS, ANDY
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"I do have some UC requests. Go ahead. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Minnesota AG who took $10,000 from convicted scammers dismisses fraud scandal as political theater. Without objection. Amy Bach alleges Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, knew of Minnesota fraud. Without objection. Walz and Omar using ICE operations to distract from fraud scandal. Without objection. Tim Walz accused of stonewalling key probe as Somali fraud sweeps his state. Without objection. Conservatives blast..."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"and the sustained investment to use those tools before the money moves, not after. Every dollar we protect from organized fraud is a dollar that stays available for the people Congress intended to help. Thank you, and I look forward to your questions. appreciate it. A lot is coming from abroad, we have a lot going going on internally as well, it really depends on the type of fraud we're looking at in the context of the type of fraud you just mentioned with folks engaging in online romance..."
Testimony MOODY, ASHLEY
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Washington, I was like, we need to take a machete to all of the bureaucracy, all of the, this has always been, there's always, every time I bring up a problem, the dim response is, we've always had fraud, or we've always had coercion of individuals, or we've always had this, but they never once say, let's do something about it. So I would, I would actually ask my colleagues, I have proposed in response to this, if we want to do something about it, if we want to be aggressive, we need to start..."
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you. I appreciate that very much. This is a very important issue. Now, under your leadership, the Department of Justice fraud enforcement has seen some real success. You've got a lot of success stories under your belt already. Can you describe how you're leading that effort in the Department to combat citizen fraud, healthcare fraud, and fraud in taxpayer-funded programs and organizations? Shifting gears a little, tell us just very briefly about what the Department's doing under your..."
Testimony MS. BRENNA JENNY
Safeguarding Federal Research Funds: The False Claims Act's Role in Co...
house Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"DOJ is committed to protecting the integrity of federally funded research and ensuring the taxpayer dollars are used for their intended purposes. I don't have a ready total of how much of that total came from universities and research institutions across any fraud theory, but I can talk about how much of the fiscal year 2025 recoveries stemmed from the three areas of research fraud that comprise the bulk of our university research fraud work right now, failure to disclose foreign funding, cyber..."
Testimony JORDAN, JIM
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing ...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 10, 2026
"with 237 contributions in one day, 1,700 transactions in seven days where the donor's country did not match the country of the donor's IP address. That seems fishy. Second, the documents the committee obtained did not square with Ms. Wallace-Jones' response to Congress. We had one ActBlue employee who in an email said, changes we have made over the last year have already meant we're accepting more fraud. So there was already some fraud. They changed their standards so they were accepting more..."
Testimony FOSTER, BILL
Modernizing the BSA for Financial Crime in the 21st Century
house Financial Services Committee · May 21, 2026
"And I actually have a Republican, Pete Sessions and I, have a bill to try to, you know, get some money to states to get these real ID compliant driver's licenses widely deployed because they are the only tool that's really at hand in the U.S. to prevent, you know, waves of fraud, of identity fraud, AI driven identity fraud, as well as fraud against the taxpayer of which there was hundreds of billions of dollars during COVID and happens every year. Yeah. Mr."
Testimony WALKINSHAW, JAMES R.
“Fraud Prevention: Understanding Fraud in Federally Funded Programs Ru...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Apr 15, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for your indulgence again in allowing me to join the subcommittee, and thank you to our witnesses. Mr. McDoyan, the GAO testimony includes five principles of fraud, probably all four of you are familiar with this, from the International Public Sector Fraud Forum's Guide to Managing Fraud for Public Bodies, really wonderful five principles there. I would add a sixth that I think the chairman has demonstrated today, a fraud prevention effort has to be..."
Testimony SESSIONS, PETE
“Fraud Prevention: Understanding Fraud in Federally Funded Programs Ru...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Apr 15, 2026
"But I think the question is, and we have vetted that here, this staff and I have spent a great deal of time of wondering, what is that key word? Is it fraud that we need to focus on that says, because of a question of fraud, not fraud, but a question of fraud, will that allow us to receive information across the board and other agencies to where they could do business with each other, where they could verify things, and I think it's our hope that weakens my last question to you today. I think..."
Testimony SPEAKER_10
“Curbing Federal Fraud: Examining Innovative Tools to Detect and Preve...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 13, 2026
"allowing agencies to prevent fraud. The PRAC is also actively engaging with partner inspectors general to identify opportunities to prevent fraud in programs funded in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and to address fraud risks beyond identity theft and eligibility fraud issues, or issues such as traditional procurement fraud. Of particular focus will be cross-program risks, as fraudsters rarely target just one government"
Testimony MCGUIRE, JOHN J.
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"I heard through testimony that it was career suicide to speak up, but Ms. Robinson, you've been very vocal about the mistreatment of whistleblowers by Governor Walz. Can you speak to some of the ways that Governor Walz and his administration have retaliated against whistleblowers? So based on all of your knowledge about this scandal or this fraud in Minnesota, I think it's the tip of the iceberg. We're like $37 trillion in debt, and now I don't know what it is about Somali, but apparently..."
Testimony HIRONO, MAZIE K.
Hearings to examine putting veterans first, focusing on the current VA...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Oct 29, 2025
"Thank you. I think when you read the Washington Post article, recent article, it really gives the impression that the whole system of ratings and disability payments and all that are fraught with peril and fraud. So as Mr. Gallucci said, you know, a system as large as that, there will be fraud. So what I'd like to ask Inspector General Mason is, a system like this, a program like this is going to have fraud. My concern would be that do we have the capacity within the VA to investigate fraud?..."
Hearing “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”
house Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Request transcript · 2 transcript matches
STANSBURY, MELANIE A. "All right. Well, good morning, everyone. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to our witnesses for being here today. And it's great to finally have a formal hearing again and be on the record as this subcommittee has had a long absence from formal hearings. In fact, by our count, it's been eight months since this committee has been on the record. And so I want to congratulate the chairman on his first official hearing. And I am eager to get into this conversation. And certainly, there are lots of bipartisan efforts that can be identified to address waste, fraud and abuse in federal programmings..."
Hearing H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. 9609, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act"; H.R. 9602, "Less...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_06 "Yes, Mr. Chairman. I yield back the last word. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would delay implementation of the bill and avoid placing additional responsibilities of the Office on Child Care until staffing levels are at least restored to levels present prior to the start of this administration. We've talked about fraud and eliminating fraud, but it's important to hold those committing fraud and it's important to hold those committing fraud accountable, but it's equally important to build systems that prevent fraud in the first place. The problem is not, the real threat to our nation's care..."
Hearing Future of Payments: Promoting Innovation and Fair Markets
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_21 "to hire that next employee, or to invest in their business is critically important. And the third area is fraud. Fraud is an ongoing conversation with every business owner that I speak to, and fraud is obviously on the rise. We at STRIPE prevent $14 billion of fraud every month. So part of what they're looking for with STRIPE is an infrastructure player who has a broad network and is investing deeply in fraud prevention, and that's one of the critical conversations that we but typically it is what we call like T plus three, three business days. Now we're coming up to a holiday next week. I..."
Hearing Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing Fraudulent Donations: Transparency, Verification, and Accountability”
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
JORDAN, JIM "with 237 contributions in one day, 1,700 transactions in seven days where the donor's country did not match the country of the donor's IP address. That seems fishy. Second, the documents the committee obtained did not square with Ms. Wallace-Jones' response to Congress. We had one ActBlue employee who in an email said, changes we have made over the last year have already meant we're accepting more fraud. So there was already some fraud. They changed their standards so they were accepting more fraud. ActBlue board member, Kimberly Peeler-Allen, admitted up to, quote, 38 million in ActBlue..."
Testimony FOXX, VIRGINIA
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"Americans. The American people are rightfully incensed whenever fraud in these programs is exposed. They're incensed that things have gotten to the point where deference for their tax dollars is virtually nonexistent. We have a mandate to root out fraud and disembowel it. And the fact of the matter is that fraud is not a partisan issue. Fraud can affect anyone and everyone, and when it's allowed to grow by leaps and bounds, the consequences compound. A recent report from GAO found that across..."
Testimony SCANLON, MARY GAY
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"that was used to put out commercials promoting Kristi Noem's horseback riding skills. This week's fraud bills are just more of this theater saying, oh, we care about fraud, waste and abuse, but they don't really care about fraud. If they did, they'd be going after the businesses and the white collar criminals who every year defraud Medicare and Medicaid of billions of dollars, shady medical device companies that exploit Medicare billing practices, hospitals and medical providers that inflate..."
Testimony SPEAKER_35
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"Because so many of them, again, are foreign. You'll never get them back. And I have to add, we just published a report today where we did a very deep dive in the Minnesota fraud where we brought in nine career government employees, almost all of whom were registered Democrats. Democrats, not that that matters, but they were registered Democrats, they blew the whistle on the fact that Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison knew about the fraud, yet did nothing about it, and our fraud report..."
Testimony CASTEN, SEAN
Future of Payments: Promoting Innovation and Fair Markets
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you all for being here today. I want to talk about the Fed proposal from May to create these skinny master accounts for payments firms. Ms. O'Meara, in your testimony, I think you said that Stripe blocks about $14 billion in suspected fraudulent transactions each month. If you had access to the federal payment system, how would that enhance or change your ability to monitor fraud, prevent fraud, track fraud end to end? So you'll be able to see"
Testimony GARCIA, ROBERT
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Trump's also cut off $259 million in Medicaid funding to the state. He's threatened federal food aid for 600,000 Minnesotans, including 200,000 kids. President Trump has tried to use fraud as his excuse for all of this. But what's really happening is violence, terror, death, destruction, and ripping away services from those that need it. You don't fight fraud by issuing presidential pardons to fraudsters. You don't fight fraud from ripping away food assistance to kids. Now, since his..."
Testimony COMER, JAMES
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Well, you have one of the highest fraud rates in the country in Minnesota. So the answer is no, unfortunately. No one's ever, from your office, said to stop payments until we can get the fraud under control. So to summarize, you both knew about fraud risk and payments continued. Our investigation has shown that whistleblowers who were alerted about the widespread fraud were ignored, sidelined, and even retaliated against. Only after Federal authorities ultimately stepped in did you take any..."
Testimony LEE, SUMMER L.
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"That is what oversight looks like. Not two hearings on fraud in one single state, which is not even the worst instance of fraud out there, though we all here agree that we should target fraud. Republicans have dragged Governor Walz in, again, to demonize and target his state because he is a Democratic governor and he is implementing Democratic"
Testimony RANDALL, EMILY
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Sure. That's why I introduced the Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act, a bipartisan bill that would prevent individuals who have been convicted of fraud from applying for federal contracts. Mr. Chairman, if you are serious about addressing fraud, I'd love to see this committee hold a hearing on my bill, which was developed based on feedback from nonpartisan Inspectors General, whose entire job is overseeing the appropriate administration of government programs. And let me remind..."
Testimony SPEAKER_21
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Thank you, Congresswoman. In fact, it's a great deal more than six prosecutors, many more than that. In fact, one of the prosecutors who resigned in protest was one of the ones who helped to lead the prosecution of the Feeding Our Future defendants. They, 57, have been convicted. So, the loss of those people is dramatically harming our effort to prosecute fraud. Because in Minnesota, we have 87 county attorneys, the A.G. does Medicaid fraud, and the federal government prosecutes fraud that is..."
Testimony LANGWORTHY, NICHOLAS A.
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"but that's my ability. It's my time, not yours. Do you believe that your inaction in the first term to prevent fraud in the childhood nutrition and child care assistance programs gave the green other scammers to commit housing and Medicaid fraud in your second term? No, I don't believe that. And once again, your words say one thing, your actions say something different. You came into office after several multimillion-dollar fraud scandals on the heels of a 2018 report alleging that over $100..."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"For instance, I had learned about the Minnesota fraud from Minnesotans. I went there and they told me, hey, finally, you're here to make a video on the fraud. I said, well, what are you talking about? And they said, well, this fraud's happening, this fraud's happening. And so for the past, then after that, for six months, I looked for that information about the"
Testimony ERNST, JONI
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"by the state's attorney general. And similarly, when you expose Medicare hospice fraud in California, Governor Newsom's office responded by tweeting, quote, Shirley is the fraud. So, Mr. Shirley, why do you think politicians are trying to stop people like you who are exposing corruption rather than those who are actually committing the fraud? Right. And it's a sad state of affairs. But what we see every day, Washington is losing up to $521 billion to fraud every year. The offices of inspector..."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"And it's very, very sad to see. Well, first off, it's very sad that two governors of the United States would even post that about somebody who's exposing fraud. All I've done is try to help America. And I've done it. They quite frankly aren't. That's why they're so angry about it. Because they actually rely upon the fraud in order to continue to push their agendas inside their states. That's why they get so mad when the fraud gets exposed. Because that money oftentimes goes back into the hands..."
Testimony ERNST, JONI
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"their disposal. Do you have billions of dollars at your disposal and endless resources to enable you to uncover fraud? Exactly. And so, with very little resources, you have been able to uncover fraud. And yet been able to uncover fraud, and yet our federal government doesn't seem to be able to track it down. So I know I'm out of time. I've gone over, but it doesn't take millions and billions of dollars to expose fraud. We have to do a better job. I do have a bill, a package, that I have..."
Testimony BLACKBURN, MARSHA
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"and give the administration more tools to enforce this. Yes, so the very day or the day after the only coming to give birth. And you're doing a great job on fraud and going after fraud that has been committed. The fraud task force seems to be working well, and from Tennesseans, I hear a good bit about this. They want the fraudulent activity to stop. It's taxpayer money, and they want their money to be used wisely. We have had legislation that would apply to individuals that have come into the..."
Testimony SCHMITT, ERIC
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Carried out the largest health care fraud takedown in department history. Expanded the fight against Medicaid fraud after the $90 million Minnesota fraud takedown. You secured six fraud convictions involving more than $1.1 billion in less than three weeks. Cleared the backlog of immigration cases, allowing for deportations, more"
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing ...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 10, 2026
"irregularities on WinRed. We sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission seeking information on allegations of fraud and abuse on WinRed. The Trump Administration stonewalled both requests. We sent letters to the Republican Attorneys General of Virginia and Texas seeking information on potential crimes committed by WinRed. Neither responded. So this morning, we sent a letter to WinRed asking for information related to foreign contributions and fraud on their platform. Critically, our letter..."
Testimony MR. ROBERT WESTBROOKS
“Fraud Prevention: Understanding Fraud in Federally Funded Programs Ru...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Apr 15, 2026
"is that includes overpayment and underpayment. It includes situations where the claim was actually valid, but there's no documentation in the file. Fraud is a part of that, and one of the things that frustrates me in the SNAP program in particular is where we're seeing a lot of the fraud is on the retailer side, retailer trafficking of fraud, and then stolen benefits. Neither of those are captured in the error rate that we have when we talk about improper payment. An improper payment is just a..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
“Curbing Federal Fraud: Examining Innovative Tools to Detect and Preve...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 13, 2026
"is currently doing with their Do Not Pay system. Well, as we talk about implementing our fraud risk framework and developing models as programs are being developed is one of the most important things they can do, in addition to actually implementing data science-based fraud programs. So they are bringing in data scientists, implementing the algorithms that the PRAC has been able to implement, proven tools that can identify fraud that, just like you said, exists today. Yeah, I appreciate that...."
Testimony GARCIA, ROBERT
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"at every level of government, in every private sector business, and to every single American. Fraud exists everywhere. When I was mayor of my hometown in Long Beach, we worked for better and more efficient government and took on fraud whenever it existed and wherever it appeared to protect taxpayers. It's something that all of us take seriously every single day. When we find fraud, we should punish people and those that are committing it against the American public, especially when it damages..."
Testimony FOXX, VIRGINIA
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"If he had been true to his word, we would not be sitting here today. However, the committee is back today because defeating our future scam is just the tip of the iceberg of fraud in Minnesota. nation and perhaps beyond. Representative Robbins, Democrats in your state have tried to dismiss your inquiry into the feeding our future fraud as a partisan political exercise. Is exposing fraud and theft of taxpayer funds a partisan their families. Representative Robbins, did Governor Walz work with..."
Testimony BIGGS, ANDY
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"I apologize for that. Okay. There's some more you see. Senator John Kennedy brings Somali fraud to the Senate floor. Viral videos, David says he filed complaint against Walz over fraud allegations. Minnesota adds Medicaid fraud verification amid alleged $9 billion loss. Minnesota's Somali fraudsters paid for rich lifestyles with stolen money. What investigators still haven't asked about Minnesota's fraud. I hope to ask that. Trump deploys 2,000 federal agents to"
Testimony MACE, NANCY
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"This is a truly breathtaking amount of fraud, the scope and scale perpetrated against the American people by Somalians in Minnesota, screeching Democrats like you just heard at our witnesses. Democrats on this committee don't want to talk about Minnesota fraud because Minnesota fraud is Democrat fraud. You're going to make a great host on MSNBC. You're going to be great. And this is a cover-up. I mean, the very definition of cover-up. And so while we're still trying to understand the scale of..."
Testimony TIMMONS, WILLIAM R.
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"Is that the number you got? Thank you. Mr. Billy, you see where I'm going with this? So you're saying that we have had, we've decimated the budget of the IGs, which by the way, weren't doing their jobs because we've uncovered, I mean, $8.6 billion more dollars in fraud with less resources. So how do you explain your testimony earlier that we've decimated the entities that are designed to investigate fraud when we've uncovered exponentially more fraud with less resources? How do you explain"
Testimony THE HONORABLE MARION RARICK
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"are. our state? Right. So I was elected in 2013, started serving then, and I literally have heard about fraud since 2013. And I'll tell you, every time that it was raised in committee by myself or my colleagues, we were essentially called racist and Islamophobic, or that the fraud really wasn't happening. I remember with the daycare fraud, when there was credible allegations that it was $100 million back in 13, 14, 15, somewhere in there. They prosecuted closer to $5 to $10 million. And so..."
Testimony SPEAKER_18
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Senator Moody doing that. So, my role on the task force is related to unemployment insurance fraud. And the Department of Labor plays a significant role in making sure that there's no fraud. Because all fraud is a theft on taxpayer dollars. And what we saw in the unemployment system during COVID time, $135 billion was stolen. Stolen by crime, stolen by foreign"
Testimony KING, ANGUS S., JR.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to ...
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I want some evidence, and there isn't time here in a minute and 49 seconds, but you have a lot of time between now and when we move on your nomination. I would like a written analysis from you that gives evidence of voter fraud. I don't, I don't... Fraud in this country, Mr. Clayton, is the assertion that there's voter fraud. Doing an absolutely terrible job on election integrity. What did that"
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"So the 6,434 veteran and service-disabled veteran-owned contracts held by small businesses, businesses. Those were wasteful contracts. Is that what you're saying? I would leave used. Multiple contracts. Hundreds and thousands are a very different thing. And to the extent, you know, you mentioned earlier, there's a lot of fraudulent activity going on, I guess. But again, terminating for convenience is the wrong way to go if there's actual fraud. And then with respect to fraud, I do want to ask..."
Testimony STANSBURY, MELANIE A.
“Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"All right. Well, good morning, everyone. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to our witnesses for being here today. And it's great to finally have a formal hearing again and be on the record as this subcommittee has had a long absence from formal hearings. In fact, by our count, it's been eight months since this committee has been on the record. And so I want to congratulate the chairman on his first official hearing. And I am eager to get into this conversation. And certainly, there are lots of..."
Testimony STANSBURY, MELANIE A.
“Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"happened over the last year and a half of laying off workers, gutting programs, and doing so without congressional consent. Court orders have ordered them to rehire, to rebuild, and yet this administration continues to ignore the law. And here we are, once again, attacking a fundamental program that our families. If we were actually serious about rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse, we would be investigating the 21 inspector generals who were fired by this administration. We would be..."
Testimony JOYCE, JOHN
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Earlier this year, charges were filed against 21 suspects for defrauding Medicaid hospice benefits of $267 million. In New York, $226 million in social adult daycare fraud has been charged in 2026, just so far this year. Millions of dollars have been implicated in non-emergency medical transportation fraud schemes in recent years. In Ohio, a $42 million Medicaid fraud takedown implicated nine defendants in connection with therapeutic behavioral health services for children and young adults...."
Testimony JOYCE, JOHN
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"it is clear that some states are not doing enough to safeguard the Medicaid program, and gaps remain in program integrity requirements that are opening the door far too wide to fraud. Thankfully, fraud is finally getting the attention that it deserves. I commend this administration for surging resources to the war on fraud by forming a task force to eliminate fraud. Additionally, CMS and the Office of the Inspector General are leveraging their authorities to hold the mark. We are seeing..."
Testimony MULLIN, KEVIN
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to the witnesses for your testimony today. The Medicaid program embodies a deep and longstanding partnership between the federal government and the states. Every individual has a right to health care. So thank you for working to ensure the most vulnerable in our communities can also benefit from that right. This is the third Medicaid fraud hearing the Republican majority has held this year, despite their presenting zero. I repeat, zero evidence of widespread..."
Testimony TYLER SADWITH
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Thank you for the question. This is an incredibly important issue, and it underscores the need for collaboration, continued collaboration, between states and the federal government. In California, the primary payer for hospice care is Medicare. In Medicaid, which the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit sort of prosecutes, we've referred over 300 credible allegations of fraud to the MFCU over the past five years for the purposes of investigating and cracking down on hospice fraud in the Medi-Cal..."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North D...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"rule of law and I'm blessed to have her by my side today and every day. If I'm fortunate enough to be confirmed it would be the honor of a lifetime to give back to my country and to our community which have given so much to me and to my family by devoting my life to public service upholding the rule of law and inspiring confidence in our legal system. Thank you and I look forward to your Absolutely Senator and thank you for the question. In private practice I've certainly defended clients and..."
Testimony DAVIS, DANNY K.
H.R. 8646 – Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administrati...
house Rules Committee · Jun 2, 2026
"If the bill's goal is to make TANF accountable, then the Rules Committee should unequivocally support the Chu amendment of our bill to require a fraud control unit to search for and punish contractors and subgrantees committing TANF fraud and give HHS specific narrow power to target the real source of fraud in TANF, H.R. 8872, which willfully ignores this fraud and alarmingly includes no frauds by this bill. In addition, my amendment would improve congressional oversight to limit political..."
Hearing Safeguarding Federal Research Funds: The False Claims Act's Role in Combating Grant Fraud
house Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
MS. BRENNA JENNY "DOJ is committed to protecting the integrity of federally funded research and ensuring the taxpayer dollars are used for their intended purposes. I don't have a ready total of how much of that total came from universities and research institutions across any fraud theory, but I can talk about how much of the fiscal year 2025 recoveries stemmed from the three areas of research fraud that comprise the bulk of our university research fraud work right now, failure to disclose foreign funding, cyber fraud, and research falsification. We didn't have any failure to disclose foreign funding..."
Hearing Modernizing the BSA for Financial Crime in the 21st Century
house National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript
FOSTER, BILL "And I actually have a Republican, Pete Sessions and I, have a bill to try to, you know, get some money to states to get these real ID compliant driver's licenses widely deployed because they are the only tool that's really at hand in the U.S. to prevent, you know, waves of fraud, of identity fraud, AI driven identity fraud, as well as fraud against the taxpayer of which there was hundreds of billions of dollars during COVID and happens every year. Yeah. Mr."
Hearing Hearings to examine putting veterans first, focusing on the current VA disability system.
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Oct 29, 2025 · Transcript
HIRONO, MAZIE K. "Thank you. I think when you read the Washington Post article, recent article, it really gives the impression that the whole system of ratings and disability payments and all that are fraught with peril and fraud. So as Mr. Gallucci said, you know, a system as large as that, there will be fraud. So what I'd like to ask Inspector General Mason is, a system like this, a program like this is going to have fraud. My concern would be that do we have the capacity within the VA to investigate fraud? And I'm not sure who prosecutes the fraud, whether the VA has lawyers that does that or whether that..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to be Director of National Intelligence.
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
KING, ANGUS S., JR. "I want some evidence, and there isn't time here in a minute and 49 seconds, but you have a lot of time between now and when we move on your nomination. I would like a written analysis from you that gives evidence of voter fraud. I don't, I don't... Fraud in this country, Mr. Clayton, is the assertion that there's voter fraud. Doing an absolutely terrible job on election integrity. What did that"
Hearing Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_02 "So the 6,434 veteran and service-disabled veteran-owned contracts held by small businesses, businesses. Those were wasteful contracts. Is that what you're saying? I would leave used. Multiple contracts. Hundreds and thousands are a very different thing. And to the extent, you know, you mentioned earlier, there's a lot of fraudulent activity going on, I guess. But again, terminating for convenience is the wrong way to go if there's actual fraud. And then with respect to fraud, I do want to ask you to turn over to us a list of cases that have been indicted based on referrals from the SBA to the..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Angela...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_09 "rule of law and I'm blessed to have her by my side today and every day. If I'm fortunate enough to be confirmed it would be the honor of a lifetime to give back to my country and to our community which have given so much to me and to my family by devoting my life to public service upholding the rule of law and inspiring confidence in our legal system. Thank you and I look forward to your Absolutely Senator and thank you for the question. In private practice I've certainly defended clients and False Claims Act litigation but in my career I've also served as a federal fraud prosecutor. I'm very..."
Hearing H.R. 8646 – Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 7726 – Stop Child Care...
house Rules Committee · Jun 2, 2026 · Transcript
DAVIS, DANNY K. "If the bill's goal is to make TANF accountable, then the Rules Committee should unequivocally support the Chu amendment of our bill to require a fraud control unit to search for and punish contractors and subgrantees committing TANF fraud and give HHS specific narrow power to target the real source of fraud in TANF, H.R. 8872, which willfully ignores this fraud and alarmingly includes no frauds by this bill. In addition, my amendment would improve congressional oversight to limit political"
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenico, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit,...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_19 "Todd became an Assistant United States Attorney as the U.S. Attorney Office for South Southern District of New York, a premier prosecutorial office of the United States. He spent roughly two years as the Co-Chief of the Violent Crimes Unit, supervising there nearly two dozen prosecutors, then served as the Co-Chief of the Office's White Plains Division, where he presided over a wide span of work, public corruption, securities, and bank and wire fraud, federal programs, fraud, Medicare fraud, RICO, and violent crime. Today, as Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General, Todd energizes..."
Hearing The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
BEATTY, JOYCE "And rate heights, correct? And you'll be sensitive to the issues that I bring up. Okay, in my last minute, let me now turn to fraud and scams, which is one of the top concerns that we've been dealing with lately in this committee and my subcommittee. As you know, payment frauds, including scams, often involve multiple institution and payment methods, and no single agency or entity can solve it alone. What specific role do you believe the Fed Reserve should play in helping build a more coordinated cross-sector approach to frauds and"
Hearing H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R. 9504
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026 · Transcript
MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE "Mrs. Fischbach. Yes. Mr. Moore. Mr. Moore. Yes. Ms. Van Dine. Ms. Van Dine. Yes. Mr. Feenstra. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm pleased that my legislation, HR 9499, the Protecting Taxpayers from Ghost Preparers Act, is before the committee today. This legislation takes an important step in ensuring that taxpayers who are victims of preparer fraud are not unfairly punished. This legislation takes an important step in ensuring that taxpayers who are victims of preparer fraud are not unfairly punished for actions they did not commit. Unfortunately, over the past several years, we have seen too many..."
Hearing Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_03 "and transparent? Well, we've stood up an entire task force at the leadership of Vice President Vance that is building on a number of the DOJ efforts, like defend the spend at HHS, to assess do we even know what we're spending on and to make sure on the back end and on the front end we're eliminating improper payments. We're going very hard from an enforcement perspective with regard to fraud. It's regard to fraud. It's something the president talks about constantly in setting a vision for his fiscal team as to the types of things that he wants us to focus on, and we'd love to continue..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I urge my colleagues to support the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And that amendment was an amendment to guarantee that fraud, waste, and abuse was not still rampant at the Department of Labor by requiring a report on waste, fraud, and abuse in a specific instance. As you've indicated, I don't know why that's not an important amendment. And if any games are being played, Mr. Chairman, this whole message bill, these bills are not going to pass the..."
Testimony SESSIONS, PETE
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Good afternoon and welcome to today's hearing on emerging threats and evolving fraud landscape here in the United States of America. Over the years, the Government Operations Subcommittee on a bipartisan basis has held several hearings addressing the issue of fraud, addressing the things that the United States government faces as well as the American people. And each time we have been talking about fraud, how to identify it and how to prevent"
Testimony SESSIONS, PETE
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"what sort of fraud are we trying to prevent? How does it really work? What really are we doing about it? And where do we need to focus our attention to make sure that we are going to address this properly? In our past discussions, we've referenced the fraudsters in a dark room stealing our Aunt Sally's social security number. We've highlighted the risk posed by foreign actors applying to multiple disaster relief programs. We've discussed elaborate fraud rings that exploit loopholes in benefit..."
Testimony SESSIONS, PETE
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Over the years, many changes have been made to login.gov and federal agencies have explored other public and private sector solutions for digital identification verification. As we were moving to a more digital environment where individuals may no longer be asked to present a physical ID card, we need to better understand what threats there are and what the fraud landscape looks like. Today's fraud landscape looks different than the one that existed when we started this investigation and is..."
Testimony SESSIONS, PETE
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"occurs, not when it's out the door. Identity verification has long been a one-time check at the beginning of an application process, but considering the rapid evolution of identity fraud, fraud should not be considered the cost of doing business because it means that someone is not getting the benefit that they were eligible for and if there is one overriding principle that this subcommittee, all of our members agree on, it is that the people who we have intended the benefits to go to, they..."
Testimony SESSIONS, PETE
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"that someone is not getting the benefit that they were eligible for and if there is one overriding principle that this subcommittee, all of our members agree on, it is that the people who we have intended the benefits to go to, they should be the ones that get it and any diminishment of that is considered a failure on our part also. In January of this year, I introduced bipartisan legislation to combat identity fraud and theft. The Stop Identity Fraud and Identity Theft Act aims to strengthen..."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Third, expand secure data sharing where we know it works, through trusted resources like Do Not Pay and other cross-government solutions. Fourth, reward fraud prevention instead of recovery, where agencies are incentivized to stop fraud before taxpayer dollars ever leave the Treasury. And finally, treat identity verification as dynamic infrastructure that must be resourced to evolve continuously, not built once, certified once, and left in place for a decade. To be clear, Congress does not need..."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"heartbreaking to see the different modus operandi and different types of buckets that those criminals are engaging. I can tell you that as of this this morning, we're seeing more and more Yahoo Boys and Sakawa Boys targeting our 401ks, victims 401ks. So you know, we're seeing them convincing targets to borrow against the 401ks as well as hand over control completely on the 401ks account. So this is what we're up against. We're seeing those deep fakes being used to swap faces, lure targets to..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"able to use with ease and they had some issues with the platform, such as they would like to know when the users are verified and authenticated, why they were not. So if they fail, the person just says, hey, I failed. They have no way of knowing why they failed, how they can remedy that, so then you just don't have access to your government account, so you can't get your benefit. You have no recourse of knowing how that happens. So either you just have to try again or you have to go to the post..."
Testimony SESSIONS, PETE
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"that I find common sense and I find myself, I would have to struggle with myself to disagree with you. But it brought up one issue, and that is we generally see fraud fraud as an overwhelming factor that we need to"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"We have evidence-based medicine, evidence-based policing, all essentially suggest that in order to make decisions with respect to policy or the implementation and tools, what we need to do is essentially test what works and what doesn't. Unfortunately, we don't have that in the context of fraud. So I think if we're thinking about policies and policy changes, the first thing we need to sort of have in mind is a different state of mind, and that is of evidence-based, what works and what doesn't..."
Testimony PETERS, GARY C.
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"President Trump is also proposing a new scheme to control federal grant dollars that will allow him to direct taxpayer dollars to political allies and punish partisan enemies, all while undermining independent oversight. Not only have President Trump's actions created an environment where fraud can thrive, but incredibly, he has also pardoned multiple convicted fraudsters who have combined have committed billions of dollars worth of fraud pardoned by President Trump. These pardons wiped out an..."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"That video became one of the most viewed videos in Internet history and gained over 4 billion views in just 7 days across all forms of media. The fraud was so obvious that the fraudsters weren't even trying to hide it. The infamous Quality Learning Center was born, and that video has become one of the most consequential videos in American history by the amount of legislation it has created. Since posting it, over 30 bills have been created and introduced in Congress regarding fraud. A new Fraud..."
Testimony JOHNSON, RON
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"named the Protect Medicaid Fraudster Act. It would probably be a better description of that, correct? Correct. Why do you think you have such pushback from our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, from, you know, just the denigration here from the ranking member, from Governor Newsom? Why is that? You would think that trying to eliminate waste fraud and abuse would be a completely nonpartisan issue. Because they quite frankly need the fraud. They actually need the fraud. You know, Mr...."
Testimony PETERS, GARY C.
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"to any effective oversight. All right. Mr. Ailer-Gaudet, POGO has raised concerns about both President Biden and President Trump's use of presidential pardons. This administration has claimed to care about fraud, and yet President Trump has pardoned a staggering number of convicted fraudsters. To date, he has pardoned over two dozen criminals who committed a combined nearly five or $3 billion in financial crimes and fraud. These pardons also robbed victims of approximately $1.3 billion in..."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"from this fraud and from the national debt. It's extremely hard for anyone my age to buy a home, even just to be able to accumulate the money to have a down payment inside your bank account. It's very, very hard. And so when you see a fraudster who literally opens up a layering center and they receive $1.9 million, and that was going on for years, and no one ever did anything, we had all this oversight. We had all – like, everyone knew about the fraud, but everyone was too afraid to talk about..."
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"once a week, free education, free health care. What goes through your head when you think about that? And, Mr. Hitler-Gadot, I want to drill back down to the numbers you provided, because I want to make sure I heard him correctly. You talked about, again, we're here to talk about fraud. We can talk about waste in a different hearing. But we're here to talk about fraud. You mentioned in 2025, what was the number that you said? You knew the numbers off the top of your head pretty well. It's..."
Testimony MOODY, ASHLEY
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"what the leader of California said. Did he really say, in response to you uncovering just astronomical fraud and waste, that, and I want to quote this because I am appalled by it, did he really say, slow, surely, is the fraud? Yes, he did. I didn't misread that? That wasn't misprinted? No. So, somebody that wants to be the leader of the Democratic Party and show his great, I guess, character is demeaning you and calling you names and ridiculing"
Testimony HAWLEY, JOSH
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Yeah. I would say so too. And I can prove it to you. Keith Ellison, that guy, after overlooking $250 million in fraud, he took $10,000 in campaign contributions from the very people who were committing the fraud, who came to see him in his office, asked him to please get state investigators off of their"
Testimony PAUL, RAND
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I think that when we look at things, sometimes, though, we get lost in just the bad people. And there are bad people, and there always will be bad people. That's why we have to police things. And companies do it instantaneously, you know, Visa, they're instantaneously catching fraud, your bank's catching fraud, everybody is. And so we scratch our head and ask, why isn't government? You know, why didn't government have someone like Nick Shirley that worked for them? Why weren't we doing this?..."
Testimony PAUL, RAND
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"So the states have some skin in the game. If they allow too much fraud to occur, they're paying for part of the fraud. But if 90% of it's paid for, the federal government, you're not paying fraud. We had a proposal that would have changed the formula back to this split formula where states pay about half and the federal government pays"
Testimony ERNST, JONI
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Because in the Senate, we do require bipartisan movement on any piece of legislation that comes to the Senate floor. So if they're not even willing to engage in a hearing, then it's unlikely that they're actually going to engage in code or law that will help us prevent fraud and recover those dollars for our American taxpayers. So thanks for not only exposing fraud today, but exposing that we don't have support from the left on preventing fraud and actually moving legislation that would solve..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"that's approximately three times the number of records produced in equivalent time by the Biden Justice Department. The department has also released more than three and three tenths million pages of additional records with more coming every day. Their work is not done. And I expect continued responsiveness and as well the very important thing of declassification. But credit should be given where credit is due. A few more successes. They've established the National Fraud Enforcement Division to..."
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"work cooperatively with state and local. And we also know that they've worked together on the important work going on in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota with regard to fraud and the ongoing fraud investigation. And I know we have your commitment to continue giving resources for that"
Testimony SPEAKER_08
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"We've always done fraud cases. This isn't a new thing for the Department of Justice to do, but the focus on these fraud cases and the focus on every U.S. attorney having multiple prosecutors focused on going after fraud cases is something new. It's something that is important to President Trump, and it should be important to everybody. Not a Republican or Democrat issue at all, and that's why we're doing"
Testimony MOODY, ASHLEY
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"for setting up a specific division now to go after these things that are raised. The results speak for themselves. I mean, you've established a new National Fraud Enforcement Division, charged with being a comprehensive approach to rooting out fraud. We just saw a 2026 national health care fraud takedown, where you charged 455 defendants in connection with schemes involving more than $6.5 billion in fraud. We just saw a 2026 national health care fraud takedown, where you charged 455 defendants..."
Testimony MOODY, ASHLEY
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I think America should know that that didn't exist before you. I would like for you to tell the American people right now a little bit about that, because I have to tell you, when some of these states learned about this fraud going on, when Nick Shirley showed up and exposed some of this insane fraud that was happening right under state administration, government's noses, the reaction from state leadership, the governor of Minnesota called Shirley far right delusional conspiracy theorist, maybe..."
Testimony SPEAKER_18
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"and helping more Americans start families. And as a member of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, I've worked directly with Vice President Vance to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, ensuring that taxpayer dollars serve Americans and not fraudsters. President Trump has always understood the American people are the foundation of our nation's strength and"
Testimony SPEAKER_18
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Somebody who was born in the year 2154 successfully applied for unemployment insurance and was able to get it. So, countless stories of like that hurts the American workers who actually need that money. So, under the Vice President's leadership on the task force, we have the license now to finally stop this and go after states that are not complying. So, I sent a letter to 53 governors and governors of territories basically saying that we are tired of the fraud and we want you to put these..."
Testimony JOYCE, JOHN
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"For the first time in years, state Medicaid directors are testifying before Congress to share what they are doing to address rampant fraud in government health care programs. Let me be clear. Fraud is not isolated to these four states. As we have discussed in two previous hearings before this subcommittee, Medicaid fraud is a real problem. It happens in every single red and blue state and has been harming patients and draining taxpayer resources for"
Testimony SPEAKER_19
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Todd became an Assistant United States Attorney as the U.S. Attorney Office for South Southern District of New York, a premier prosecutorial office of the United States. He spent roughly two years as the Co-Chief of the Violent Crimes Unit, supervising there nearly two dozen prosecutors, then served as the Co-Chief of the Office's White Plains Division, where he presided over a wide span of work, public corruption, securities, and bank and wire fraud, federal programs, fraud, Medicare fraud,..."
Testimony BEATTY, JOYCE
The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"And rate heights, correct? And you'll be sensitive to the issues that I bring up. Okay, in my last minute, let me now turn to fraud and scams, which is one of the top concerns that we've been dealing with lately in this committee and my subcommittee. As you know, payment frauds, including scams, often involve multiple institution and payment methods, and no single agency or entity can solve it alone. What specific role do you believe the Fed Reserve should play in helping build a more..."
Testimony MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE
H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R....
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"Mrs. Fischbach. Yes. Mr. Moore. Mr. Moore. Yes. Ms. Van Dine. Ms. Van Dine. Yes. Mr. Feenstra. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm pleased that my legislation, HR 9499, the Protecting Taxpayers from Ghost Preparers Act, is before the committee today. This legislation takes an important step in ensuring that taxpayers who are victims of preparer fraud are not unfairly punished. This legislation takes an important step in ensuring that taxpayers who are victims of preparer fraud are not unfairly..."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"and transparent? Well, we've stood up an entire task force at the leadership of Vice President Vance that is building on a number of the DOJ efforts, like defend the spend at HHS, to assess do we even know what we're spending on and to make sure on the back end and on the front end we're eliminating improper payments. We're going very hard from an enforcement perspective with regard to fraud. It's regard to fraud. It's something the president talks about constantly in setting a vision for his..."
Testimony SPEAKER_28
Various Measures
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"From 2021 to 2022, reports of check fraud doubled from 350,000 to 680,000. In 2023 and 2024, consumers and financial institutions lost more than $1.3 billion to criminals utilizing check fraud. In my state of California, one couple was told that they had missed their quarterly tax payment and now owed $12,000 plus interest and penalties. Just to find out that their check had cleared, but a criminal had committed a check fraud to reroute the funds. Frusters aren't just targeting personal checks..."
Testimony WATERS, MAXINE
Various Measures
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"consumer notice requirements, and oversight to help ensure that fraud prevention does not come at the expense of consumer access to funds. And so I want to thank Representative Kim, as well as Representative Gonzalez for their leadership on this important issue. I also want to thank Chairman Hill for working collaboratively to reach a strong compromise. This is a thoughtful, bipartisan approach that balances fraud prevention with consumer protection. There's a lot more we need to do to combat..."
Testimony STEIL, BRYAN
Various Measures
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"gentlewoman requests. States would retain all authority to enforce laws of general applicability, such as fraud, fraud, unfair, deceptive business practices, and related consumer protection requirements. For these reasons, I can't support the bill. But now let me take a minute, if I can, to address the gentlewoman's claim regarding EWA and payday lending. Payday loans charge interest, create debt, and can be sent to collections. EWA, under this bill, provides access to wages already earned by..."
Hearing Common Schemes, Real Harm: Examining Fraud in Medicare and Medicaid
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Feb 3, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Ms. Kaye Lynn Wootton, J.D., National Association of State Medicaid Fraud Control Units
Hearing Joint Hearing with U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging: Financial Aggression: How the Chinese Communist Party Exploits American Retirees and...
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Apr 9, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Brady Finta, National Elder Fraud Justice Coordination Center
Hearing Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Federal Tax Policy in the Multibillion-Dollar Industry
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. Thad Madden, Former IRS Revenue Officer and Fraud Analyst
Hearing “The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud”
house Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee · Feb 12, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Dawn Royal, United Council on Welfare Fraud