Government Oversight

Oversight of the Executive Branch and its federal agencies is one of Congress’s primary responsibilities – whether the issue is the integrity of federal programs, election security, or modernizing the federal government.

Accountability, transparency and appropriate public scrutiny are necessary for government to function well, within its constitutional bounds. I currently serve on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. You can stay informed about Congress’ oversight work by visiting the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s website: www.oversight.house.gov

It is frustrating how rife with fraud and abuse many long-mismanaged federal programs truly are. House Republicans have made the cleanup and removal of this massive fraud a top priority this Congress and will continue to do everything we can to ensure that not a cent of hardworking taxpayers’ money goes towards paying for free services for criminal illegal aliens.  We are taking this issue extremely seriously.  

It was recently brought to light that up to $18 billion in taxpayer funds intended to help poorer, disadvantaged children and adults in Minnesota was funneled to a cabal of bad actors who used these funds to line their own pockets.  This is entirely unacceptable, and I’m working to hold those bad actors – and the public officials who allowed this fraud to occur – accountable. 

During my time as Chair of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, I was the first to call attention to the massive fraud occurring in Minnesota where over $250 million in taxpayer funds were directed to a corrupt front group operating under the guise of a need-based organization that was supposed to provide resources to hungry children living in poverty.  This scheme – the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the nation – involved the funneling of these tax dollars to bad actors who used them to pay for lavish homes, luxury cars, and trips overseas.  The gross mismanagement of taxpayer dollars should have never been allowed to occur, and I subpoenaed Governor Tim Walz to protect taxpayers and expose the facts.  As part of my work on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, I questioned witnesses from the Minnesota State House of Representatives to get to the bottom of this scandal.

Furthermore, I’ve long sponsored legislation to increase government accountability and transparency. I introduced the Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act (H.R. 580) to hold the federal government accountable for saddling burdensome and costly mandates on our nation’s local and state governments. 

According to the Office of Management and Budget, each year the taxpayers provide more than $1.2 trillion in funding for thousands of programs through grants and other forms of financial assistance. $1.2 trillion was 4% of our country’s GDP in 2025.  For such a large sum, taxpayers need assurance that their money is not being wasted or spent undermining law and order.  However, today taxpayers have no such assurance.  In 2023, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General published a report on the failure of the Biden administration to provide adequate oversight of federal grant funding. That is why I introduced H.R. 8334, the Grant Integrity and Border Security Act to require any entity seeking a federal grant to certify that they have not and will not violate federal immigration law. 

To ensure that every hard-earned tax dollar it takes in is wisely stewarded, I work hard to make sure that all federal programs are rigorously scrubbed for waste, fraud, and abuse. H.R. 1, the Working Families Tax Cuts Act does just that as it restores eligibility and integrity to the Medicaid program and ends open-door policies that allowed costs to skyrocket. H.R. 1 restores common sense eligibility checks to make sure that only people who actually qualify for Medicaid receive benefits. It also helps states verify income and basic program requirements before starting benefits, ends state incentives to enroll ineligible individuals, and gives states more tools to stop waste and abuse. H.R. 1 also returns Medicaid’s original focus to the truly vulnerable by adding a work requirement for able-bodied childless adults. These measures will help put Medicaid back on solid footing so that it can serve those truly in need. 

Legislation pertaining to Government Oversight and Fighting Fraud supported by Rep. Foxx in the 119th Congress:

H.R. 1, Working Families Tax Cuts Act

H.R. 580, Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act

H.R. 9576, National Fraud Enforcement Division Act

H.R. 10326, Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act

H.R. 8463, Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act 

H.R. 8464, Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act

H.R. 8312, Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act

H.R. 8467, Zeroing Out Monetary Benefits Improperly Expended Act 

H.R. 8428, Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act

H.R. 8466, Taxpayer Resources Used in Emergencies Accountability Act

H.R. 8340, Taxpayer Funds Oversight and Accountability Act

H.R. 8107, Government Audit and Accountability of Federally Funded State-Administered Programs Act

H.R. 6916, Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act

H.R. 428, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters and Fraud Preventers Act