THUNE, COLLEAGUES DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY OVER WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF FRAUD AND ABUSE IN MINNESOTA

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. John Thune issued the following press release:

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) joined Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and 51 of their Senate colleagues in writing a letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to demand accountability over widespread reports of fraud and abuse of federal child care funding in the state.

"The allegations of fraud coming out of Minnesota are egregious," said Thune. "It's exactly the kind of fraud that Senate Republicans went after with the Working Families Tax Cuts, which included commonsense reforms to make sure that benefits are going to people for whom they are actually intended. I'm grateful to Chairman Cassidy for...