00:00The American taxpayers have had enough.
00:02I think that's a fair uncharacterization.
00:04They want their taxpayer dollars spent wisely.
00:06We all support social programs to the vulnerable.
00:08That's not a fair characterization.
00:09But if you're going to waste the money to fraudsters,
00:12then we have to stop and recalculate.
00:15We're not. We're putting them in jail when we can, Chairman.
00:17And some of these programs are crafted in such a way
00:20that there's a procedure to follow.
00:22And I'm with you. One dollar is too much.
00:24I don't think there's a lot of difference here
00:26if you want to help us get at this.
00:27The question is, is it a sledgehammer? Is it a scalpel?
00:30I understand there's no political upside.
00:33Let's get into what we've talked about.
00:36You eventually did pause payments.
00:38We're not going to shut down programs
00:40that have things that are going well in it.
00:42And we need to find that proper balance.
00:44And I've acknowledged that every year
00:46we're putting things in place in Inspector General.
00:49Governor Walts, Governor Walts,
00:50you did not do your job.
00:53What is the total population of children in Minnesota?
00:57I don't have the number in front of me right now.
00:59Are you governor of Minnesota?
01:00I know 400,000 were cut out of health care last week
01:03by the actions you made.
01:05Are you governor of Minnesota?
01:10I am.
01:11And you don't know the number of children
01:13residing in Minnesota?
01:14I don't have the specific number.
01:15It's 5.7 million.
01:17That's your total population.
01:19What is the age?
01:19You're 0 to 5?
01:210 to 19?
01:22We have approximately 1.2 million children in Minnesota.
01:26I'm not even governor of South Carolina.
01:28Our population in South Carolina is 5.5 million.
01:30We have approximately 1.1 million children
01:33under the age of 18 in my home state of South Carolina.
01:35Okay?
01:35As governor, I expect you to know this information.
01:39Thank God you're not vice president of the United States.
01:41Do you know approximately how many children in Minnesota
01:44are autistic or on the spectrum?
01:47400,000 children lose health care, pregnant women,
01:50and elderly and rural hospitals
01:52will be severely impacted and potentially closed.
01:56It's hard because I wonder if they would do that in Kentucky
01:58where they have fraud,
01:59in Tennessee where they have fraud.
02:01Their own numbers show that our error rate is 2.1%.
02:03The national average is 6%.
02:04The national average is 2.1%
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