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Monica De La Cruz: “The IG had not been the OIG had not been forced to testify…”

Featuring: Monica De La Cruz, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 15

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Congressional Hearing on HUD Fraud Prevention with Monica De La Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 01:19

What was concerning to me is that you had in 2025 high prior items, 35 of them, which at the end of the year, 24 approximately were still, were still open when I looked at your office and the fact that The IG had not been the OIG had not been forced to testify in front of Congress and that it had been five years since we had heard from your team about the fraud, waste and abuse. I thought to myself, well that's just unacceptable. As a small business owner myself, I regularly have meetings with my employees to say where are you at? What is the temperature? (01:19–01:38)

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Asserts that the HUD OIG had not testified before Congress for five years regarding fraud, waste, and abuse.

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