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Tim Walz: “The legislature never held a single hearing on this until…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Tim Walz on his Fraud Response, Operation Metro Surge & Not Running for a 3rd Term | On the Record

Published | Video Starts at 06:43

I think, you know, you heard people say that they should have focused more on putting some of these initiatives in. I would say this too, is. The legislature could do that, too. The legislature never held a single hearing on this until after we brought it forward. We turned it over, which I'm grateful they did that. But it's a bit disingenuous of folks who are in the legislature who crafted these programs, who were following them, because quite honestly, there weren't enough safeguards in some of these programs. (06:43–06:49)

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Asserts that the legislature did not hold hearings on fraud until after the administration brought it forward.

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