How the DFL fought fraud prevention

It's disgusting to listen to the DFL argue that they're all-in on fighting fraud within state government. That's a lie. Waler Hudson's legislative update from aft4er the session exposes the DFL's lies on stopping fraud.

Hudson notes that "While it’s difficult to say what the final product will look like, one thing is clear: we must address the hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars lost to fraud within state agencies and among grant recipients misusing funds. Rep. Patty Anderson led the charge on this issue, authoring House File 1 to create a new statewide Office of the Inspector General. From Day 1 of this session, Rep. Anderson worked across the aisle and across chambers."

On Monday night, the final night of thhe session, the DFL threw one obstruction after another to prevent the bill from passing. The bill would've created a "new statewide Office of the Inspector General." Further, the bill met resistance when "The proposed Office of the Inspector General would be an entirely independent, enterprise-wide office with actual law enforcement authority – power not currently held by existing agencies. This office wouldn’t just issue reports or recommendations; it would be empowered to take real action to stop fraud in its tracks. In fact, on the House floor Monday, the Democrat co-chair even referenced the Senate’s amendment granting the OIG that law enforcement authority."

Apparently, the DFL wanted a toothless OIG, an office that wrote reports and make recommendations but couldn't prosecute people.' Here's snother tricck the DFL played:

They also claimed the OIG bill hadn’t been properly vetted, which is an odd claim given that Democrats themselves had been working on it for months, right alongside Republicans. Even more puzzling, it was the Democrat co-chair of the State Government committee – the very person who refused to move the bill forward in her own committee – who made that claim. What exactly has she been doing since January? Oh, right, Democrats didn’t show up for the first 23 days of session. What has she been doing since February?

Based on this report from KARE11, the DFL isn't interested in preventing fraud:

The House DFL isn't interested in financial integrity. They just want to say that they're interested in stopping fraud.

The proposed Office of the Inspector General would be an entirely independent, enterprise-wide office with actual law enforcement authority – power not currently held by existing agencies. This office wouldn’t just issue reports or recommendations; it would be empowered to take real action to stop fraud in its tracks. In fact, on the House floor Monday, the Democrat co-chair even referenced the Senate’s amendment granting the OIG that law enforcement authority.

It's obvious the DFL is all talk on fraud prevention.