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Tim Walz: “We ended with a very fiscally sound budget that everyone…”

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Published February 17, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:20

So I think for all of you, we ended a divided, absolutely divided legislature that, if you recall, kicked off with lawsuits and the Supreme Court and burglary and everything else that could have got thrown into that. And We ended with a very fiscally sound budget that everyone could be part of. So in all that's happened between the ending of that session and the start of this one, Minnesota has seen it and been through it. (04:20–04:25)

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“It's a supplemental budget year, bonding bill.”
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“I am all supportive of legal gun ownership, but it should be with weapons that are not made for war.”
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“I'm going to put forward once again a complete package on fraud reduction.”
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“One of very few states with divided legislatures, no shutdowns, getting things done.”
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“I just think the biggest thing I was asking for for a long time is give me authority and stop payment.”
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“But I do think we're on a path to having probably the strongest program integrity.”
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“We outsource a lot of this to nonprofits which we found out can be very dangerous.”
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“This is an outrageous assault on state sovereignty. It's an outrageous assault on human rights.”
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“They could do that for 30 years.”
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“The federal government keeps talking about they need cooperation, we need cooperation, we need accountability.”
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“The legislature needs to be subject to data practices.”
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