House Oversight Chairman James Comer extended an invitation Wednesday for Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz to testify in front of his committee about the fraud scandals that have engulfed his state.

The Small Business Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services both announced this week that it was pausing federal funding over allegations that the state allowed fraud schemes to infiltrate their publicly funded programs, such as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program and Medicaid, and steal millions of taxpayer dollars.

Walz acknowledged there has been fraud in his state, but said his administration has been cracking down on it for years.

Comer said his committee will have a hearing on the fraud allegations next week, which will feature testimony from state officials who have sounded the alarm on and investigated fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs.

He additionally invited Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to testify in front of the panel at a separate hearing related to the fraud on Feb. 10.

“Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison have either been asleep at the wheel or complicit in a massive fraud involving taxpayer dollars in Minnesota’s social services programs," Comer said in a statement. "American taxpayers demand and deserve accountability for the theft of their hard-earned money. 

"Congress has a duty to conduct rigorous oversight of this heist and enact stronger safeguards to prevent fraud in taxpayer-funded programs, as well as strong sanctions to hold offenders accountable,” he added.

The first hearing will take place on Jan. 7, 2026, at 10 a.m. Eastern and can be livestreamed here.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.