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Tim Walz: “I said if you're going to do a state ig, it needs to be…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Live coverage: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz talks end-of-session deal

Published | Video Starts at 17:57

You don't get to say you lowered taxes, complain about fraud fraud when we're using green screen computers that make it easier to do that. And I think this legislature quite honestly responded pretty well to that. I asked them, I said if you're going to do a state ig, it needs to be funded. We figured out a way to do that. And so I think this bonding bill, again, these have been some of the most robust it makes a big difference. (17:57–18:03)

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Asserts that a state inspector general needs funding and a way to fund it has been found.

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