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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACT:
Amanda Tinsley
651-491-9946 (cell)
Amanda.Tinsley@house.mn.gov
News Release
Statement from Speaker Lisa Demuth
St. Paul, MN—House Speaker Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, released the following statement after news broke late Friday afternoon that the Minnesota Department of Human Services is seeking to terminate Housing Stabilization Services amid allegations of widespread fraud in the program.
“Friday afternoon’s surprise announcement from the Walz Administration is the right decision, but it’s too little, too late. Once again, state agencies failed to catch fraud in real time. Instead of stopping it, they’re scrambling after the fact, after millions of taxpayer dollars have already been stolen.
“Instead of doing what was necessary on the front end to ensure this program wouldn’t follow the administration’s pattern of allowing obscene levels of fraud, they ducked accountability by simply shutting down the program—penalizing the people who needed it most. Minnesotans deserve better.”
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