Hearing: “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 (9:00 AM)

Meeting was rescheduled to the time and date listed above.
HVC-210 CAPITOL
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

The Honorable Keith Ellison
Attorney General, State of Minnesota

Added 03/02/2026 at 04:21 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/03/2026 at 12:54 PM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/03/2026 at 12:54 PM
  • Bio [PDF] Added 03/03/2026 at 12:54 PM

The Honorable Tim Walz
Governor, State of Minnesota

Added 03/02/2026 at 04:21 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/03/2026 at 12:54 PM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/03/2026 at 02:00 PM
  • Bio [PDF] Added 03/03/2026 at 12:54 PM

Amendments

  • Garcia Amendment to Mace Motion to Subpoena Office of Congressional Workplace Rights [PDF] Added 03/04/2026 at 05:24 PM

Support Documents

  • Notice [PDF]
  • Memo [PDF] Added 02/28/2026 at 10:51 AM
  • Time Change Notice [PDF] Added 02/28/2026 at 02:38 PM
  • Krishnamoorthi Motion to Subpoena Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem [PDF] Added 03/04/2026 at 05:11 PM
  • Mace Motion to Subpoena Attorney General Pamela Bondi [PDF] Added 03/04/2026 at 05:11 PM
  • Mace Motion to Subpoena the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights [PDF] Added 03/04/2026 at 05:11 PM
  • Bell Motion to Subpoena Greg Bovino [PDF] Added 03/04/2026 at 05:11 PM
  • UC - Comer - Staff Report - The Cost of Doing Nothing: How Tim Walz and Keith Ellison Fueled Minnesota's Fraud Explosion [PDF] Added 03/20/2026 at 10:09 AM
  • UC - McCollum - Statement for the Record [PDF] Added 03/20/2026 at 12:02 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Biden clemency for convicted fraudsters met with outrage, 'Slap in the face' - Fox News [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Biden's clemency and pardon list includes former elected official, lawyers and medical bill company owner - NBC News [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Minnesota AG who took $10K from scammers says fraud scandal is ‘political theater’ - NYP [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - North Dakota judge blasts Biden for setting fraudsters free - North Dakota Monitor [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - The drug dealers, thieves and gang leaders who are granted clemency by Biden - Daily Mail [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Victims Shocked After Biden Grants Clemency to Kids for Cash - CNN [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Who Has Joe Biden Pardoned, Full List - Newsweek [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Cloud - Matthew 25 NIV [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Comer - Article - Vance, Rosen Warn Minnesota, Medicaid funds frozen as fraud prosecutions ramp up - Alpha News MN [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Donalds - Minnesota Fraud_ What is the ‘Right’ Number - Jim Nobles - MN Star Tribune [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Gill - Letter to Chairman Comer re fraud - America First Policy Institute [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Grothman - Report - MN Financial and Compliance Report on Federally-Assisted Programs [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - McGuire - Article - KARE 11 Investigates_ Evicted, homeless, paying the price for Minnesota’s fraud crisis - Kare 11 [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Timmons - Report - Roadmap to Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 10:39 AM
  • UC - Brown - Memo - Trump's Pardons Cheat Victims - Judiciary Dems [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 11:17 AM
  • UC - Frost - Article - Fraud focus why is Trump granting clemency - The Guardian [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 11:17 AM
  • UC - Pressley - Article - Parental stress, raids, and isolation - Hechinger Report [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 11:17 AM
  • UC - Pressley - Letter - State Legislators Tell Congress [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 11:17 AM
  • UC - Randall - Article - ‘Somalis are the scapegoat’ - The Guardian [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 11:17 AM
  • UC - Randall - Article - How Trump Has Exploited Pardons - ProPublica [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 11:17 AM
  • UC - Randall - Article - Military Commander Tells Troops - HuffPost [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 11:17 AM
  • UC - Randall - Article - Trump’s pardons wipe out payments - Washington Post [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 11:17 AM
  • UC - Randall - Article - Trump's flurry of pardons - ABC News [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 11:17 AM
  • UC - Tlaib - Article - Fraud focus, why is Trump granting clemency - The Guardian [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 11:17 AM
  • UC - Walkinshaw - Article - Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 - Reuters [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 11:17 AM
  • Garcia - Article - Attorney General Keith Ellison, My meeting before Feeding our Future raid was routine - MN Star Tribune [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - Article - New Filings Detail Harrowing Accounts of ICE and Border Patrol Violence - ACLU [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - Article - Operation Metro Surge results in 203 million impact - City of Minneapolis [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - Article - Source disputes story prompting Trump's comments about Somalis in MN - Star Tribune [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - Article - States ranked by Medicaid fraud dollars in 2022 - Becker's Hospital Review [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - Article - The ICE Shooting Came During an Operation Focused on Somali Immigrants - New York Times [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - Article - US citizen says ICE detained him in underwear in frigid cold with no warrant - AP News [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - Dec 2025 Advisory Opinion - MN AG Ellison [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - Feb 2025 Advisory Opinion - MN AG Ellison [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - H.F. 2354 - Medical Assistance Protection (MAP) Act [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - MN Stat. 8.01 [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - MN Stat. 388.051 [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - MN Stat. 631.50 [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - Notification - RY 2025 Medicaid Improper Payment Rates - CMS [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • Garcia - Report - Public Corruption by State - Cato [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • UC - Garcia - Report - Public Corruption by State - Cato [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 12:00 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Aimee Bock Alleges Gov Tim Walz, AG Keith Ellison Knew of MN Fraud - FoxNews [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 02:21 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Anti-ICE Agitators Set Up Blockade on MN Street, Check Divers' License Plates - AlphaNews [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 02:21 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Conservatives Blast Dems, Walz for Likening ICE Agents to Nazi Police Force - Fox News [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 02:21 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - ICE Restricted from MN-Owned Parking Areas, Mayor Frey Orders - Fox9 [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 02:21 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - MN AG's Legal Opinion Could Threaten Some County Agreements with ICE - MN Reformer [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 02:21 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - MN Grandma Jailed for Defying Walz COVID Lockdown Orders Warns 'You Do Not Want Tyranny At This Level' - FoxNews [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 02:21 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - MN Mom Jailed over COVID Accuses Walz of 'Tyranny' - The Express [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 02:21 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Mother Ponders 'Taking Out' Her Own Kids To Avoid ICE - Daily Caller [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 02:21 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - SCOOP, Tim Walz Accused of Stonewalling Key Probe as Somali Fraud Sweeps His State - Daily Caller [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 02:21 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Tim Walz Urges Minnesotans to 'Resist' Federal 'Occupation' - Breitbart [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 02:21 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Tim Walz Was a COVID-19 Tyrant - Reason [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 02:21 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Walz, Omar Using ICE Operations to Distract from Fraud Scandal - Breitbart [PDF] Added 03/26/2026 at 02:21 PM

Votes

  • Vote #01: Krishnamoorthi Motion to Subpoena Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The motion failed by a recorded vote of 19-24. [PDF] Added 03/05/2026 at 05:40 PM
  • Vote #02: Mace Motion to Subpoena Attorney General Pamela Bondi. The motion passed by a recorded vote of 24-19. [PDF] Added 03/05/2026 at 05:40 PM
  • Vote #03: Bell Motion to Subpoena Gregory Bovino, Commander-at-Large of the US Border Patrol. The motion failed by a recorded vote of 19-22. [PDF] Added 03/05/2026 at 05:40 PM

Hearing Record

  • Attendance Sheet [PDF] Added 03/04/2026 at 04:58 PM

First Published: February 25, 2026 at 09:40 AM
Last Updated: March 26, 2026 at 02:21 PM