Amid widespread fraud in Minnesota, Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks introduced the Welfare Abuse and Laundering Zillions Act — otherwise known as the WALZ Act.

“What we’re seeing in Minnesota is a jaw-dropping failure of leadership, nearly $9 billion lost to fraud under Gov. Tim Walz’s watch. This is what happens when soft-on-crime Democrat policies run unchecked: zero accountability, zero oversight, and taxpayers left holding the bag,” the Iowa Republican said in a press release.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson said during a press conference earlier this month that “half or more” of the $18 billion spent on 14 Medicaid programs in Minnesota since 2018 could be fraudulent.

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