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00:01:11VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE SPOKE ABOUT ALLEGED FRAUD DURING A
00:01:15PRESS CONFERENCE IN KANSAS CITY DURING THE 40 MINUTE EVENT.
00:01:18THE VICE PRESIDENT ALSO HIGHLIGHTED MISSOURI'S STALLED
00:01:21REDISTRICTING EFFORT AND TRADE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND
00:01:27CANADA.
00:01:36GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
00:01:43>> THANK YOU ALL. >> PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.
00:01:46FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING TO OUR GREAT FBI AGENTS AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:01:51REPRESENTED HERE WHO KEEP US SAFE. >> WE'RE THANKFUL FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND THANKFUL FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
00:01:54>> AND MOST OF ALL, THANKFUL FOR YOUR COURAGE AND DEDICATION TO WHAT YOU DO.
00:01:58>> SO PLEASED TO BE HERE, PLEASED TO BE HERE TO ANNOUNCE
00:02:01VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ANTI-FRAUD EFFORT.
00:02:04AND I WANT TO KICK IT OVER TO TODD LYNCH, AFTER THIS.
00:02:08BUT THERE ARE TWO BIG THINGS WE WANT TO ANNOUNCE HERE TODAY. THE FIRST IS THAT UNDER THE
00:02:11LEADERSHIP OF KELLY LOEFFLER, WHO, BY THE WAY, HAS BEEN AN A AMAZING ADVOCATE FOR THE
00:02:14AMERICAN PEOPLE, PROBABLY BEEN THE MOST ZEALOUS ANTI FRAUD
00:02:18PERSON IN THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION.
00:02:21AND WE ARE GOING TO SUSPEND
00:02:23870,000 PEOPLE PERMANENTLY, PEOPLE WHO DEFRAUDED THE
00:02:26GOVERNMENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES.
00:02:29WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO GET LOANS
00:02:33FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE PGP
00:02:35PROGRAM, WHICH WAS SET UP BY CONGRESS AND BY THE
00:02:38ADMINISTRATION DURING THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE
00:02:42THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES WERE ABLE TO OPERATE THE INCREDIBLY
00:02:44CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS CREATED BY THE COVID PANDEMIC.
00:02:47AND OF COURSE, BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC.
00:02:51WHAT WE DID IS WE CREATED A PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT SMALL
00:02:55BUSINESSES WERE ABLE TO OPERATE AND IMPORTANTLY, AMERICAN
00:02:57WORKERS WERE ABLE TO BE SUPPORTED. BUT AS HAPPENS WITH SO MANY OF
00:03:01THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BORN OUT
00:03:04OF THE GENEROSITY OF THE
00:03:05AMERICAN TAXPAYER, WE HAD MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE
00:03:09OF THOSE PROGRAMS, PEOPLE WHO DECIDED TO STEAL FROM THE
00:03:12AMERICAN TAXPAYER, STEAL MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO SMALL
00:03:15BUSINESSES AND AMERICAN WORKERS AS WELL. WE THINK IT MAKES SENSE THAT IF
00:03:19YOU WERE CAUGHT STEALING FROM THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER, YOU
00:03:21SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THESE LOANS ANYMORE.
00:03:24SO WE'RE GOING TO SUSPEND ABOUT 870,000 PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE
00:03:27TO ACCESS THESE FUNDS IN THE FUTURE AND FOR BEING ABLE BORROW
00:03:31MONEY FROM THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER. IF YOU SCREWED THE AMERICAN
00:03:34TAXPAYER, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOW GOING TO SAY YOU'RE CUT
00:03:37OFF, NO MORE, YOU SHOULDN'T BE APPLYING ANYMORE.
00:03:40AND IF YOU DO APPLY, YOU'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO GET BENEFITS.
00:03:43PRETTY COMMON SENSE. I THINK IT STRIKES ME TO MY
00:03:46SECOND POINT, WHICH IS ON UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE SEEN THIS
00:03:50WITH SO MUCH OF OUR ANTI-FRAUD EFFORTS AND HARD WORK OVER THE
00:03:52PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE
00:03:56EARLIER. IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS THAT SO MUCH OF THE FRAUD THAT WE SAW
00:03:59UNDER THE PGP WASN'T ACTUALLY
00:04:02ENFORCED, WASN'T TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS OR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
00:04:07SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS SAY THAT NO FRAUD IS TOO SMALL.
00:04:11IF YOU TRY TO STEAL MONEY FROM THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER OR IF YOU
00:04:14TOOK FUNDS THAT ALL BY RIGHT HAVE GONE TO AMERICAN SMALL
00:04:18BUSINESSES OR AMERICAN WORKERS, NOT ONLY WE'RE GOING TO CUT YOU
00:04:21OFF, WE'RE GOING TO PROSECUTE YOU. AND I'LL LET TODD TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS.
00:04:24BUT IN JUST THE LAST THREE
00:04:26MONTHS, WE HAVE TAKEN CLOSE TO
00:04:2990 PROSECUTIONS, PROSECUTORIAL
00:04:31DECISIONS THAT ARE MAKING CLEAR AND SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE
00:04:35FRAUDSTERS THAT IF YOU DEFRAUD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, IF YOU
00:04:37STEAL MONEY FROM THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER, THAT SHOULD GO TO
00:04:40AMERICAN WORKERS. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PROSECUTE YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO
00:04:44TRY TO SEND YOU TO PRISON. I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
00:04:46EVERY RIGHT TO EXPECT THAT WHEN THEY WRITE TO THE CHECK TO THE
00:04:50IRS, WHEN THEY WRITE A CHECK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THAT
00:04:52MONEY IS GOING TO GO WHERE THE LAW SAYS THAT IT SHOULD GO AND NOT TO.
00:04:56WE'RE TAKING A NUMBER OF ACTIONS HERE TODAY TO ENSURE EXACTLY
00:05:00THAT HAPPENS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:05:02WE WANT TO PROTECT YOUR MONEY. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT YOUR
00:05:06GENEROSITY GOES TO THE LEGALLY ENTITLED RECIPIENT AND NOT TO
00:05:09FRAUDSTERS AND TO CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS. I'D SAY WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR
00:05:13HELP. WHY DON'T YOU GUYS SUPPORT OUR
00:05:15EFFORTS TO FIGHT FRAUD INSTEAD MAKING IT HARDER FOR US TO FIGHT FRAUD?
00:05:18SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE GREAT ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
00:05:22THE UNITED STATES TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE
00:05:24DOING ON THE ADMINISTER OF JUSTICE SIDE.
00:05:28TODD, COME UP HERE AND TAKE IT AWAY.
00:05:30TODD LYNCH.
00:05:37THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT.
00:05:40>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR BOTH YOU AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:05:44LEADING IN WHAT HAS BEEN AN
00:05:46HISTORIC EFFORT TO COMBAT FRAUD
00:05:48IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:05:50AS EVERYBODY KNOWS.
00:06:05THE PRESIDENT'S TASK FORCE TO ELIMINATE FRAUD IS LED BY OUR GREAT VICE PRESIDENT. AND WE'VE SEEN MORE HAPPEN SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THAT TASK
00:06:09FORCE THAN WE HAVE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE APPRECIATIVE OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS IS VERY
00:06:13FOCUSED ON ELIMINATING FRAUD AND WASTE IN THIS COUNTRY. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY MORE SERIOUS
00:06:16ABOUT STOPPING FRAUD AND PROTECTING THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER
00:06:20THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE SAID.
00:06:24THE RIP OFF OF THIS COUNTRY WAS
00:06:26OVER AND WE'RE DELIVERING ON
00:06:28THAT PROMISE AND THE RESULTS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NOW
00:06:31SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN THE GREAT STATE, MISSOURI, A STATE
00:06:35THAT STILL BELIEVES IN HARD WORK, HONESTY AND COMMON SENSE,
00:06:39AND STANDING WITH REAL FRAUD FIGHTERS LIKE OUR GREAT SBA
00:06:43ADMINISTRATOR KELLY LOEFFLER, OUR NEW ASSISTANT ATTORNEY
00:06:47GENERAL, COLIN MCDONALD. SENATOR SCHMIDT GOVERNOR MIKE
00:06:50KEHOE, OUR INSPECTOR GENERAL KIRK, YOU GOING TO HEAR FROM IN
00:06:54A FEW MINUTES AND OUR U.S. ATTORNEYS WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND
00:06:57ALL OF OUR FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS AND FEDERAL AGENTS
00:07:00HERE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I FLEW IN FROM WASHINGTON D.C.
00:07:04THIS MORNING FOR ONE REASON.
00:07:06THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE ROBBED
00:07:10AND THEY DESERVE TO KNOW THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM,
00:07:14WHICH THE VICE PRESIDENT JUST TALKED ABOUT, WAS RUN BY THE
00:07:18SBA. IT WAS CREATED TO SAVE JOBS AND
00:07:20KEEP GOOD AMERICAN BUSINESSES ALIVE DURING COVID.
00:07:24BUT SOME FRAUDSTERS TREATED IT
00:07:26LIKE A PERSONAL PIGGY BANK.
00:07:28THE DOJ, THE FBI THE SMALL
00:07:30BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, AND THERE ARE GREAT OFFICE OF
00:07:34INSPECTOR GENERAL SAW THIS HAPPENING.
00:07:37AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO EVERY DAY FIX IT.
00:07:40WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY JUST LESS THAN TWO MONTHS BETWEEN
00:07:44JUNE 12TH AND AUGUST 31ST, WITH
00:07:48THE HELP OF 40 U.S. ATTORNEYS
00:07:51OFFICES AND 20 FEDERAL AND STATE INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES, WE
00:07:56UNCOVER UNCOVERED.
00:08:00APPROXIMATELY $245 MILLION IN LOSSES.
00:08:02THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
00:08:05HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED IN OUR
00:08:07CHARGE, BUT SO FAR WE'VE CHARGED
00:08:10OVER 80 INDIVIDUALS TIED TO THIS
00:08:14THEFT OF $245 MILLION.
00:08:16NOW, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT
00:08:19TWO CASES TO GIVE TO GIVE YOU ALL AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
00:08:22IN ONE CASE, OUT OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT, MISSOURI, WHICH
00:08:25ENCOMPASSES KANSAS CITY, JAMIE
00:08:28GRAY ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO STEAL MORE THAN $55 MILLION FROM
00:08:32TAXPAYER PAYERS BY FILING HUNDREDS OF THESE LOANS.
00:08:36HE CLAIMED TO OWN DOZENS OF BUSINESSES THAT WERE IN
00:08:40OPERATION PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.
00:08:42BUT IN EVERY INSTANCE, BUT ONE
00:08:45THESE BUSINESSES DIDN'T EVEN EXIST.
00:08:47THE ONLY BUSINESS THAT HE
00:08:51CLAIMED TO OWN THAT DID EXIST
00:08:53WAS A BUSINESS CALLED FUR LIVES MATTER.
00:08:57NOW, IT WAS A BUSINESS OUT OF TEXAS, AND IT DOES EXIST.
00:09:00BUT WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY
00:09:04WORKED AT FIR LIVES MATTER, THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF MR. GRAY.
00:09:07AND SO FOR THAT, HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE THREE COUNTS
00:09:10OF WIRE FRAUD AND ONE COUNT OF MONEY LAUNDERING BY THE DOJ.
00:09:14ONE MORE CASE TO SHOW YOU THE BRAZEN NATURE OF SOME OF THESE
00:09:17FRAUD CASES. THIS IS HOW THE NORTHERN
00:09:19DISTRICT OF IOWA, A GRAND JURY
00:09:22CHARGED TWO INDIVIDUALS WITH 47
00:09:25COUNTS OF WIRE FRAUD, MONEY
00:09:27LAUNDERING AND CONSPIRACY. AND HERE'S WHAT THEY DID.
00:09:31THEY SUBMITTED AND ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN FRAUDULENT PPE LOANS ON
00:09:34BEHALF OF 100 AND PLUS IMMIGRANTS FROM CUBA.
00:09:38THEY FALSELY CLAIMED THAT THEY
00:09:40WERE SELF-EMPLOYED AND EACH HAD
00:09:43EARNED APPROXIMATELY $100,000 IN
00:09:46GROSS INCOME IN 2019. SO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WHEN
00:09:50THEY ACTUALLY WERE NOT SELF-EMPLOYED, THEY ACTUALLY WORKED AT A NORTHERN IOWA
00:09:54MEATPACKING PLANT OR SOMEWHERE ELSE IN NORTHERN IOWA.
00:09:57THIS EFFORT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT $4.5 MILLION IN TAXPAYER
00:10:02MONEY, AND PPE ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTED $2 MILLION AS PART
00:10:05OF THIS SCHEME. NOW, THIS COUPLE HAS NOW FLED
00:10:09THE COMPANY, THE COUNTRY EXCUSE ME, AND THEY REMAIN AT LARGE,
00:10:12BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD TO GET THEM BACK HERE. SO THOSE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF THE
00:10:17MANY, MANY EXAMPLES YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS, AND THAT I EXPECT YOU'RE GOING
00:10:21TO HEAR ABOUT UNTIL WE DEFEAT
00:10:23EVERY FRAUDSTER IN THIS COUNTRY. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE IN
00:10:27KANSAS CITY TODAY. THE WESTERN OF MISSOURI HAS BEEN
00:10:30ONE OF THE TOP PROSECUTING OFFICES IN THIS SURGE THAT I
00:10:33TALKED ABOUT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. OUR U.S. ATTORNEY, MATT PRICE,
00:10:38WHO'S HERE ON THE STAGE WITH US, HIS HE AND HIS OFFICE HAVE DONE
00:10:41GREAT WORK OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND SHOWN THE COUNTRY EXACTLY
00:10:45HOW IT'S DONE. SO THANK YOU, MATT, FOR THE WORK AND FOR THAT. I GET PROSECUTORS.
00:10:49I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE COLIN MCDONALD AND THE WORK OF THE
00:10:53DEPARTMENT'S NEW NATIONAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.
00:10:55WE CREATED THAT THAT NEW DIVISION THIS YEAR, AND IT'S
00:10:59ALREADY UP AND RUNNING AND DOING GREAT WORK IN LESS THAN SIX MONTHS.
00:11:03THAT DIVISION HAS ALREADY DELIVERED RESULTS, AND THAT DOES
00:11:06NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENS BY THE SUPPORT OF
00:11:08PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OF THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO DROVE THIS FROM
00:11:12THE VERY BEGINNING AND ENDED THE WORK THAT THAT DIVISION HAS
00:11:16ALREADY STARTED TO DO WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
00:11:21YEARS, IF NOT FOR LONGER.
00:11:23SO FOUR YEARS, FRAUDSTERS GOT THE MESSAGE THAT WASHINGTON
00:11:26WOULD LOOK THE OTHER WAY. THAT ERA IS OVER.
00:11:30WE'RE CHARGING MORE DEFENDANTS OR CONVICTING MORE.
00:11:34WE'RE TAKING THE MONEY BACK. WE'RE WORKING WITH EVERY SINGLE
00:11:36FEDERAL AGENCY TO USE EVERY TOOL
00:11:38IN OUR TOOLBOX TO GO AFTER THESE
00:11:42FRAUDSTERS. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL CONTINUE EXPANDING OUR REACH
00:11:45ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PURSUE ALL
00:11:48FRAUD, NO MATTER HOW LARGE OR NO MATTER HOW SMALL.
00:11:52SO THANK YOU TO THE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT,
00:11:55FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERY
00:11:58PROSECUTOR HERE, EVERY INVESTIGATOR IN THIS FIGHT. LET'S GET BACK TO WORK.
00:12:01THANK YOU.
00:12:13>> THANK YOU. ATTORNEY GENERAL BRYANT LYNCH
00:12:15AND VICE PRESIDENT VANCE FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP ON
00:12:19THIS TASK FORCE. >> AND I WANT TO THANK LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I WANT TO THANK
00:12:22EVERYONE ON THE STAGE WITH ME FOR THE PARTNERSHIP. >> SMALL BUSINESSES ARE OUR
00:12:26NATION'S LARGEST JOB CREATORS AND AMONG OUR NATION'S BIGGEST
00:12:30TAX PAYERS. LIKE EVERY TAXPAYER, THEY
00:12:33DESERVE TO KNOW THAT PROGRAMS
00:12:35THAT THEY FUND ARE NOT SIPHONED AWAY BY CRIMINALS WHO WOULD
00:12:39RATHER STEAL FROM HARDWORKING AMERICANS THAN BECOME
00:12:42HARDWORKING AMERICANS.
00:12:44DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE SBA.
00:12:48DELIVERED $1.2 TRILLION THROUGH COVID EIDL AND PPE.
00:12:52NOW LEAST 200 BILLION OF THAT
00:12:54WAS STOLEN, MEANING SCAM ARTISTS
00:12:58PURCHASED LUXURY CARS HOMES,
00:13:01VACATIONS WITH THE STOLEN MONEY THAT WAS AIMED AT SMALL BUSINESSES AND SAVING THE
00:13:06EMPLOYEES THAT THEY EMPLOY. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LOOKED
00:13:08THE OTHER WAY AND ATTEMPTED TO
00:13:11FORGIVE KNOWN FRAUDULENT LOANS. NOW, THANKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:13:14AND VICE PRESIDENT VANCE, THOSE DAYS ARE OVER.
00:13:18AS PART OF OPERATION HEARTLAND
00:13:20SURGE, THE SBA IS ANNOUNCING OUR
00:13:22LARGEST FRAUD ENFORCEMENT TO DATE.
00:13:25AS OF TODAY, WE'VE SUSPENDED
00:13:29870,000 SBA BORROWERS. AS YOU HEARD FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT, IT'S TIED TO AN
00:13:36ESTIMATED. $39 BILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY
00:13:38ACROSS 45 STATES AND TERRITORIES. NOW, YOU ADD THAT TO THE
00:13:43PREVIOUS STATES THAT WE ANNOUNCED FROM MAINE TO
00:13:45MINNESOTA TO CALIFORNIA. THAT TAKES US UP TO NOW.
00:13:49ALL 50 STATES, ABOUT $49 BILLION IN FRAUD.
00:13:53THESE SUSPENSIONS THEM FROM ACCESSING SMALL BUSINESS AND
00:13:57CONTRACTING FEDERAL CONTRACTING
00:13:59PROGRAMS, BUT EXPOSING THESE CRIMINALS IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP.
00:14:03THE SUMMARY REFERRED $22 BILLION
00:14:06TO THE UNITED STATES TREASURY FOR COLLECTIONS.
00:14:08AND TODAY, THE SBA AND OUR
00:14:10INSPECTOR GENERAL, WHO YOU'LL HEAR FROM IN A MINUTE, IS
00:14:14OPERATION IS LAUNCHING OPERATION.
00:14:16WE'RE ISSUING DEMAND LETTERS TO SUSPECTED PANDEMIC FRAUDSTERS
00:14:20ACROSS COUNTRY, STARTING HERE IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS. THE MESSAGE IS SIMPLE.
00:14:23IF YOU STOLE FROM THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM, IF YOU
00:14:27CREATED FAKE COMPANIES AND LIED
00:14:29ABOUT YOUR EMPLOYEES, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
00:14:32WE WILL CLAW BACK THE MONEY. AND WHERE WARRANTED.
00:14:35WE WILL REFER YOU TO LAW ENFORCEMENT SO THAT YOU CAN FACE
00:14:39THE JAIL TIME THAT YOU DESERVE. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
00:14:43ENDING THE CORRUPT PRACTICE OF PROTECTING CRIMINALS AT THE
00:14:48EXPENSE OF HONEST AMERICAN TAXPAYERS. THANK YOU.
00:14:51AND I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO OUR GREAT FBI DIRECTOR, KASH
00:14:57PATEL.
00:15:03>> THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. KANSAS CITY.
00:15:07FIGHTING FRAUD TAKES A TEAM EFFORT. >> AND THANKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:15:11AND PRESIDENT VANCE, THEY HAVE LED AN INITIATIVE TO COMBAT FRAUD GLOBALLY AND AROUND THE
00:15:15WORLD. >> AND THIS IS WHAT THE TEAM LOOKS LIKE. WE'RE DOING IT EVERY DAY, 24/7.
00:15:18>> SO THANK YOU TO THE PROSECUTORS.
00:15:20>> THE DA'S, THE INVESTIGATOR OR STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
00:15:23AND FOR ME TO MY FBI TEAM. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO CRUSH IT.
00:15:26ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED WHILE CHASING VIOLENT CRIME AND
00:15:30NATIONAL SECURITY CRIMINALS AGGRESSIVELY WAS THERE WAS ALSO
00:15:33A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FRAUD THANKS TO THE RECKLESS ABANDON, THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION.
00:15:37THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT, TRUMP
00:15:39AND VICE PRESIDENT VANCE, JUST
00:15:42IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS. YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE FBI'S TOP TEN MOST WANTED LIST
00:15:46IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS, THIS FBI
00:15:48HAS CAPTURED NINE OF THE TOP TEN MOST WANTED VIOLENT OFFENDERS
00:15:51AROUND THE WORLD. THAT'S MORE THAN TWICE THE AMOUNT OF THE ENTIRETY THE PRIOR
00:15:55ADMINISTRATION. >> IT IS A MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT TO SAFEGUARD
00:15:58AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY, TO SAFEGUARD OUR COMMUNITIES, AND
00:16:01TO SAFEGUARD OUR CHILDREN. >> WHEN I WAS BRIEFING OUR VICE
00:16:04PRESIDENT ABOUT SOME OF THESE SUCCESSES OF THEIR ADMINISTRATE
00:16:07ACTION, HE SAID, CASH, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A MOST WANTED FRAUDSTERS LIST?
00:16:10AND I SAID, BECAUSE I'M NOT AS SMART AS YOU.
00:16:14>> IT WAS LITERALLY ONE OF THESE IDEAS THAT THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF VICE PRESIDENT
00:16:19PENCE THAT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT NO ONE ELSE THOUGHT TO DO IT.
00:16:22AND THE REASON WE HAD SO MUCH SUCCESS IN OUR TOP TEN MOST
00:16:26WANTED LIST IS BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ARE OUR BEST
00:16:29PARTNERS FOR INFORMATION. >> WE RESOLVED AND SOLVED A
00:16:33MANHUNT OF THESE PERPETRATORS AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE THEY GAVE US THE INFORMATION THAT WE
00:16:36WERE MISSING. AND SO THANKS TO THE VICE PRESIDENT, WE PUT TOGETHER THE
00:16:40MOST WANTED FRAUDSTERS LIST. AND IN JUST THE LAST THREE MONTHS, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, AS
00:16:44YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CAPTURED FIVE OF THE MOST WANTED FRAUDSTERS.
00:16:48THEY WERE ON THE RUN FOR A COLLECTIVE 4000 DAYS.
00:16:51WE WENT TO THREE SEPARATE CONTINENTS AND CAPTURED FRAUD
00:16:55TOTALING VALUE OF $2 BILLION,
00:16:58FIVE IN JUST THREE SHORT MONTHS. >> BUT, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, WE
00:17:01HAVE EVEN MORE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU TODAY AND FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:17:05>> AND A MESSAGE THE WORLD THAT WE WILL MANHUNT THESE FRAUDSTERS
00:17:09ON EVERY CORNER OF THE PLANET. JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION,
00:17:13ALONG WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, CAPTURED
00:17:15EMILY TY, A MOST WANTED FRAUDSTER AND HER MOST WANTED FRAUDSTER LIST IN VIETNAM, WHO
00:17:19HAD BEEN THERE HIDING SINCE AT LEAST 2023.
00:17:22SHE HERSELF WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
00:17:25MORE THAN $100 MILLION OF MEDICAID FRAUD. SO AS A RESULT OF THE VICE
00:17:28PRESIDENT'S MOST WANTED FRAUDSTERS LIST THIS, FBI AND
00:17:31OUR STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS, ALONG WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL LAW
00:17:34ENFORCEMENT, HAVE CAPTURED SIX OF THE MOST WANTED FRAUDSTERS ON
00:17:38PLANET EARTH, SPANNING EVERY ALMOST EVERY CONTINENT IN THE WORLD.
00:17:41AND TOTALING OVER $2 BILLION IN JUST THREE SHORT MONTHS. AND I HOPE TO BRING THE SAME
00:17:45RESOLVE THAT WE DID WITH THE FBI'S TOP TEN MOST WANTED LIST
00:17:48TO THIS MOST WANTED LIST. AND DOUBLE THAT NUMBER BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
00:17:52MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
00:17:55>> AND JUST KNOW FOR ME, AS YOUR
00:17:57FBI DIRECTOR, TO MY CADRE OF FBI
00:18:01DIRECTOR, FBI EMPLOYEES SERVING AROUND THE WORLD, THANK YOU FOR
00:18:03YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS MISSION. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR RELENTLESS PURSUIT FOR JUSTICE.
00:18:07AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU TO ALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR PROTECTING OUR MOST PRECIOUS
00:18:11RESOURCES WHEN IT COMES TO FRAUD, OUR ELDERLY AND OUR YOUTH.
00:18:14THEY DESERVE IT AND THE TRUMP VANCE ADMINISTRATION IS PUTTING
00:18:17THEM FIRST EXACTLY WHERE THEY BELONG.
00:18:19THANKS, EVERYBODY.
00:18:26THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF GETTING RIPPED OFF.
00:18:30AND THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. >> AND I WANT TO THANK THE
00:18:33PRESIDENT FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. >> I WANT TO THANK THE VICE PRESIDENT SPECIFICALLY FOR BEING
00:18:37HERE TODAY IN MISSOURI AND HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. HE HAS BEEN TENACIOUS.
00:18:41HE'S VERY COMMITTED TO THIS ISSUE, AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.
00:18:44I THINK WHEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
00:18:45SEE THE SCAM OF THE FAKE HOSPICE
00:18:49CENTER AT A BURRITO STAND IN CALIFORNIA OR THE FAIR LIVES
00:18:53MATTER, I GUESS SCAM THAT WAS
00:18:55JUST ANNOUNCED OR WHAT WE SAW IN
00:18:58MINNEAPOLIS, IT DRIVES THEM
00:19:00NUTS, AND RIGHTFULLY SO.
00:19:02AND THESE ARE NOT VICTIMLESS CRIMES.
00:19:04YOU HAVE ON ONE HAND, THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER AND NOT JUST
00:19:08AN ABSTRACTION OF THE TAXPAYER. BUT WHAT I THINK OF IS THE GUY
00:19:12THAT'S OUT HERE IN THE SUMMER HEAT IN CITY, SWINGING A HAMMER ALL DAY.
00:19:16I THINK MY DAD, WHO WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK IN THE MIDNIGHT
00:19:20SHIFT SO WE COULD GO ON A VACATION ONCE A YEAR.
00:19:23THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING ROBBED AND THEY HAVE FACES
00:19:27AND THEY HAVE NAMES AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND THEN YOU THINK OF THE OTHER
00:19:30VICTIMS, THE PEOPLE DESPERATELY NEED ACCESS TO SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS.
00:19:34THE FAMILY WHO HAS A SON OR A
00:19:37DAUGHTER WITH A DISABILITY OR, THE FAMILY DESPERATELY LOOKING
00:19:40TO GET THEIR ELDERLY PARENTS
00:19:43INTO A HOSPICE CENTER. THEY'RE BEING ROBBED.
00:19:46AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS EFFORT IS SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE
00:19:49WHEN PEOPLE HEAR IT AND WE TALK ABOUT POLITICIANS USE THE TERM WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE, WHAT THE
00:19:54AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW IS THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ACTION BEHIND THOSE WORDS.
00:19:58AND THAT IS WHAT IS BEING REPRESENTED HERE TODAY ON THE
00:20:00STAGE WITH THE FULL FORCE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, LED BY THE
00:20:04VICE PRESIDENT AND AS THE LEAD
00:20:06OF THE SENATE ANTI-FRAUD TASK FORCE.
00:20:10WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT.
00:20:12THE PRESIDENT, THE ATTORNEY
00:20:14GENERAL, THE FBI DIRECTOR TO GET
00:20:16THIS DIVISION, WHICH THE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE BEING DONE, GET
00:20:20THAT CODIFIED, MAKE SURE THAT THAT STOOD UP PERMANENTLY, THAT
00:20:23IT IS A PRIORITY.
00:20:32OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO FIND THE FRAUD ON THE FRONT END. >> SO IT'S NOT A PAY AND CHASE AND AREA ALL THE TIME TO MAKE
00:20:35SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY.
00:20:43HAVE IN EARNEST. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:20:50WELL, THANK YOU, MR. SENATOR
00:20:53SCHMITT AND MR. VICE PRESIDENT, WELCOME BACK TO MISSOURI ON
00:20:57BEHALF OF OUR OTHER STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE AS
00:21:01WELL AS YOUR TEAM FOR THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY MAKE SURE
00:21:05THE RESOURCES THE TAXPAYERS PROVIDE GO TO THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
00:21:09IT'S GREAT TO SEE CHIEF GRAVES HERE WITH THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:21:12CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. MR. VICE PRESIDENT.
00:21:16THANK YOU TO YOU AND PRESIDENT TRUMP.
00:21:18THIS SITUATION IS ACTUALLY PERSONAL TO ME.
00:21:22BEFORE POLITICS. I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND
00:21:25MY FIRST SMALL BUSINESS HAD TWO SBA LOANS.
00:21:27MR. VICE. AND I CAN'T THINK OF WHERE WOULD
00:21:31BE TODAY ARE WORTHY NOW OVER 150 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WITH THAT
00:21:35COMPANY WOULD BE TODAY WITHOUT THE RESOURCES OF THE SBA.
00:21:38BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE BAD ACTORS OUT THERE TAKING THOSE
00:21:42RESOURCES AND USING THEM IMPROPERLY. THE GOOD GUYS WHO ARE STANDING
00:21:45IN LINE DON'T GET THOSE RESOURCES, AND WE NEED TO MAKE
00:21:49SURE THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO MR. VICE PRESIDENT, AS YOU SAID, IF
00:21:52YOU'RE COMMITTING FRAUD AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, YOU OUGHT TO GO TO PRISON.
00:21:56AND WE AGREE WITH YOU. THAT'S WHY TODAY WE'RE HAPPY TO
00:21:59BE PART OF THE HEARTLAND SEARCH. DIRECTOR BATTELLE WE'RE GRATEFUL
00:22:03FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP EFFORTS IN THAT AS WELL AS THE NO.
00:22:06THOSE EFFORT BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND
00:22:11ORGANIZED COMPREHENSIVE AND STRATEGIC EFFORT BETWEEN MY
00:22:14ADMINISTRATION AND OUR STATE AGENCIES, OUR MISSOURI MISSOURI
00:22:17ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO'S HERE WITH US TODAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:22:20JUSTICE, AND BOTH OF OUR U.S. ATTORNEYS. AND TOM ALBERTS AND MATT PRICE.
00:22:23WE'RE AIMED PROTECTING TAXPAYER
00:22:25DOLLARS BY IDENTIFYING AND
00:22:27INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES THAT
00:22:31ARE DEFRAUDING THE STATE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH REFERRALS
00:22:34AND TIPS OR DATA ANALYSIS THAT
00:22:37IDENTIFY FRAUD, FLAG THE BUCK
00:22:39STOPS HERE TO ANYONE LOOKING TO
00:22:42DEFRAUD THE STATE OF MISSOURI. >> WE'RE PUTTING YOU ON NOTICE.
00:22:45>> WE WILL FIND YOU. WE WILL PROSECUTE YOU AND YOU
00:22:51WILL PAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
00:22:53AND ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME BACK TO
00:22:55KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
00:23:06>> I'VE DONE A LOT THESE PRESS
00:23:08CONFERENCES AS THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE PRESIDENT'S TASK FORCE,
00:23:12AND WE HEAR LOTS OF HUGE NUMBERS AND. >> WE'VE HEARD THEM TODAY. >> AND THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE
00:23:16ACHIEVED THESE NUMBERS IS BECAUSE PRESIDENT LAUNCHED THIS
00:23:18MISSION AND PUT THE VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF IT ALL AS
00:23:22GOVERNMENT IS THROWN AROUND A LOT.
00:23:24THIS IS TRULY ALL OF GOVERNMENT. CABINET SECRETARIES WORKING WITH
00:23:27THE TASK FORCE TO STOP THE FRAUDULENT MONEY FROM WALKING
00:23:31OUT THE DOOR WHEN IT DOES MAKE IT OUT THE DOOR, INSPECTORS
00:23:33GENERALS CHASING IT DOWN, INVESTIGATING IT, AND HANDING IT
00:23:37TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, LED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD
00:23:41BLANCH AND ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL COLIN MCDONALD IN
00:23:43PROSECUTING THESE FRAUDSTERS AND PUTTING THEM IN JAIL AND THE
00:23:46ONES WHO RUN AND THE ONES WHO HIDE GET CHASED DOWN BY THE FBI,
00:23:50LED BY KASH PATEL, NO MATTER WHERE THEY GO.
00:23:54AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE DOESN'T MATTER.
00:23:55THE FBI GETS THEM THE NUMBERS
00:23:58IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHY THIS
00:24:01TASK FORCE MATTERS AND WHY ONLY
00:24:05THE VICE PRESIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE OF THIS.
00:24:07EVERY SINGLE PRESS CONFERENCE
00:24:09I'VE DONE FROM COAST TO COAST,
00:24:11WE HIGHLIGHT REAL PEOPLE WHO ARE HURT BY THIS.
00:24:14IT ISN'T JUST NUMBERS AND IT JUST THIEVERY FROM THE AMERICAN
00:24:17PEOPLE, REAL PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA, VETERANS HOMELESS
00:24:21PROGRAMS ARE RAIDED BY FRAUDSTERS TO THE POINT OF
00:24:24BANKRUPTCY IN TEXAS AND OTHER STATES.
00:24:26FRAUDULENT COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ARE HANDED OUT BY CANDY
00:24:30AND AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE MAIMED AND KILLED.
00:24:33WHEN THOSE PEOPLE HORRIBLE ACCIDENTS ON THE ROAD IN
00:24:36DETROIT, FRAUDULENT TRUCKING
00:24:39COMPANIES CAN EXPLOIT THE SYSTEM BY USING FRAUD AND THEY
00:24:43TRANSPORT DRUGS AND OTHER CRIME ACROSS OUR BORDER AND SOMETIMES
00:24:46OPEN THE DOOR TO TERRORISM. AND IN STATES THROUGHOUT, THE
00:24:49COUNTRY, MOTHERS WHO TRY TO USE SNAP BENEFITS TO FEED THEIR
00:24:53CHILDREN FIND THEIR SNAP BENEFITS USED UP BY FRAUDSTERS
00:24:56AND THEIR CHILDREN, HAVE TO GO HUNGRY. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY,
00:24:59THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:25:02LAUNCHED THIS TASK FORCE AND PUT THE VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF IT.
00:25:05THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE NUMBERS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE THIEVERY.
00:25:08IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING REAL AMERICAN CITIZENS.
00:25:10OUR FRIENDS OUR FAMILIES, OUR
00:25:14NEIGHBORS, EVERYONE THAT WE LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY WITH AND THAT WE NEED TO WORK WITH THIS IN THIS
00:25:18COUNTRY TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FROM HARM CAUSED
00:25:21BY FRAUDSTERS UNDOING THE DAMAGE
00:25:24CAUSED BY FOUR YEARS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND FIXING
00:25:27THE FRAUD, PUNISHING THE FRAUDSTERS AND PROTECTING OUR
00:25:30FELLOW AMERICANS FROM REAL PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL INJURY.
00:25:33AND THAT WHY THIS IS DAY IS SO IMPORTANT.
00:25:36AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO BILL KIRK, WHO'S THE
00:25:39INSPECTOR GENERAL AT SBA, WHO WITH ADMINISTRATOR LEFLER, HAD BEEN TWO OF THE GREATEST FRAUD
00:25:44FIGHTERS THAT THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION HAS.
00:25:46THANK YOU.
00:25:53>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT VANCE, ATTORNEY
00:25:56GENERAL BLANCH, ADMINISTRATOR LEFLER, CHAIRMAN FERGUSON, AND
00:25:59ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. >> YOUR PRESENCE HONORS THE WORK
00:26:03OF MY FELLOW INSPECTORS GENERAL AND THE SPECIAL AGENTS,
00:26:07INVESTIGATORS, ANALYSTS AND AUDITORS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS
00:26:11ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL UNDER THE
00:26:14LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
00:26:16AND YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, WE ARE TAKING THE FIGHT AGAINST
00:26:20FRAUD TO EVERY ZIP CODE IN THIS
00:26:22COUNTRY AND TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE ALMOST 38 MILLION SMALL
00:26:28BUSINESSES. >> THAT ADMINISTRATOR LEFLER AND
00:26:30HER SBA TEAM SERVE UNTIL ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, MY WIFE AND OUR
00:26:34FAMILY LIVED HERE IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA.
00:26:36WHEN I WAS INVITED TO JOIN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TEAM IN
00:26:40WASHINGTON, D.C., TODAY, I'M
00:26:42HAPPY TO BE BACK IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA. NOW IS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR
00:26:46THE SBA. MY OFFICE IS CHARGED WITH
00:26:50INVESTIGATE AIDING AND ARRESTING FRAUDSTERS WHO HAVE STOLEN FROM THE TAXPAYER.
00:26:53I'M PROUD TO STAND ALONGSIDE THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE SBA
00:26:57ADMINISTRATOR, AND THE ATTORNEY
00:26:59GENERAL TO ANNOUNCE OPERATION AND NO DOZ.
00:27:03WE WILL START THIS NATIONAL OPERATION HERE IN KANSAS AND
00:27:07MISSOURI, COLLABORATING WITH U.S. ATTORNEYS. PRICE AND KREIG HOUSER AND THEIR
00:27:11TEAMS. AS WE WORK ACROSS STATE LINE ROAD TO FIGHT FRAUD.
00:27:15NO MATTER HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL.
00:27:19WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATOR LEFFLER, WE ARE TAKING THE FRAUD
00:27:22FIGHT TO MAIN STREET. STARTING TOMORROW, THE FIRST SET
00:27:25OF SBA DEMAND LETTERS ARE GOING TO SUSPECTED FRAUDSTERS IN
00:27:29KANSAS AND MISSOURI. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHEN THE FRAUD HAPPENED.
00:27:33IF YOU STOLE FROM THE TAXPAYER
00:27:35BY CLAIMING A PANDEMIC POP IDOL
00:27:39DISASTER OR ANY SBA LOAN THAT
00:27:40YOU WERE NOT ENTITLED TO ANSWER
00:27:44THE DEMAND LETTER, YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE SBA.
00:27:46>> IF YOU DO NOT, YOU WILL FACE
00:27:50CONTACT LENSES. >> WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU LIVE.
00:27:54OPERATION NO DOZ WILL KEEP YOU
00:27:57UP AT NIGHT. IF YOU DIDN'T COMMIT FRAUD, BUT
00:28:01KNOW OF FRAUD, WASTE OR ABUSE
00:28:03INVOLVING SBA PROGRAMS.
00:28:05PLEASE REPORT THIS INFORMATION
00:28:07ON OUR HOTLINE LOCATED ON THE
00:28:09SBA DOT GOV OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL HOME PAGE.
00:28:13THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:28:22ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU ALL. A GREAT TEAM.
00:28:25AND I WANT TO ECHO SOMETHING ANDY FERGUSON SAID, WHICH IS THAT THIS REALLY HAS REQUIRED A
00:28:30WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT AND A WHOLE OF TEAM EFFORT. AND SO I WANT THANK MOST OF ALL
00:28:33THE PRESENT UNITED STATES FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
00:28:36THIS IS HARD WORK IN A LOT OF WAYS. A LOT OF THE GUYS BEHIND ME, A
00:28:39LOT OF YOU IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE WORKING HARD ON THIS.
00:28:42BUT IT'S NOT COMPLICATED TO WORK. ALL WE REALLY NEEDED WAS A
00:28:45PRESIDENT UNITED STATES, TO EMPOWER THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE BROAD ADMINISTRATION TO GO
00:28:49AFTER THE FRAUDSTERS. AND I HAVE TWO FINAL THOUGHTS ON THAT.
00:28:54IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT DEFRAUDING THE AMERICAN, IF
00:28:56YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT SKIMMING OFF THE TOP, IF YOU'RE THINKING
00:28:59ABOUT TAKING A PROGRAM THAT WAS MEANT FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN OR FOR
00:29:03NEEDY YOUNG MOTHERS, DON'T DO IT.
00:29:05GO AND GET A JOB INSTEAD, BECAUSE THIS ADMINISTRATION IS
00:29:09NOT GOING TO LET YOU STEAL FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING CARE OF IN THIS COUNTRY
00:29:13SO THAT YOU CAN GET RICH WHILE THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER WORKS
00:29:17THEIR TAIL OFF IN ORDER TO FUND OUR GOVERNMENT.
00:29:20THEY'RE WORKING TO FUND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE NOT WORKING TO FUND
00:29:24FRAUDSTERS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET IT HAPPEN ANYMORE.
00:29:27AND THIS ME TO MY SECOND POINT. WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE FRAUD
00:29:30THAT'S HAPPENED, I REMEMBER WHEN ERIC AND I SERVED IN THE UNITED
00:29:34STATES SENATE TOGETHER. ERIC SCHMIDT, GREAT, GREAT UNITED STATES SENATOR.
00:29:37AND WE WOULD HEAR ABOUT THESE THOUSANDS OF CASES OF PIPE
00:29:41FRAUD. AND AT THE TIME, JOE BIDEN WAS THE PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES.
00:29:45AND I REMEMBER THINKING PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT IT AS IF IT WERE AN
00:29:47ACT OF GOD, SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT BE PREVENTED, SOMETHING THAT
00:29:51COULD NOT BE DEALT WITH. AND YET WE FIND OUT THAT UNDER
00:29:55PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP, ALL YOU REALLY IS AN ADMINISTRATION IN TO GO AFTER
00:29:59THE FRAUD. CAN SAVE THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS A LOT OF MONEY.
00:30:03YOU CAN SAVE THESE PROGRAMS
00:30:05BEING DEFRAUDED AND STOLEN FROM AND YOU CAN PUT THE FRAUDSTERS
00:30:09BEHIND. THIS IS NOT THAT COMPLICATED.
00:30:11THE GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS.
00:30:15THE FACT THAT IT'S ONLY BEEN DOING IT FOR THE PAST 18 OR SO
00:30:17MONTHS IS A GREAT OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM.
00:30:20I WANT THANK THE GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI BEING HERE, BUT NOT
00:30:24JUST FOR BEING HERE TODAY, MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR WORKING US.
00:30:27AND I WILL SAY TO THE GREAT CREDIT OF A FEW DEMOCRATS
00:30:31ACROSS, THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE SEEN SOME PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP,
00:30:33STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL WHO'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US IN THE
00:30:37TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO FIGHT FRAUD AT THE STATE LEVEL WHILE
00:30:40WE FIGHT IT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. BUT YOU KNOW WHO HASN'T LIFTED A
00:30:44FINGER TO HELP US CONGRESSIONAL OR SENATE.
00:30:49DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON, DC? IN FACT, THEY'VE LIED ABOUT OUR ANTI-FRAUD EFFORTS AND THEY
00:30:51FOUGHT US SINGLE STEP OF THE WAY. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO CAST A
00:30:56BALLOT IN NOVEMBER FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO PROTECT YOUR
00:30:59TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND ENSURE THAT THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM ACTUALLY
00:31:03GOES TO YOUNG FAMILIES WHOSE ENSURES THAT THE MEDICAID
00:31:05PROGRAM ACTUALLY ENSURES THAT, AH, LOW INCOME CHILDREN HAVE
00:31:08ACCESS TO, A DOCTOR WHO ENSURE THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESS
00:31:12ADMINISTRATION GOES TO UPSTART,
00:31:14NOT TO FRAUDSTERS, THEN YOU NEED
00:31:16TO THINK ABOUT WHY CONGRESSIONAL
00:31:20DEMOCRATS HAVE REFUSED TO HELP US AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
00:31:22SO TO FRIENDS IN CONGRESS, TO
00:31:26SOME ERIC'S COLLEAGUES IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, LET'S GET
00:31:28SERIOUS ABOUT FIGHTING FRAUD. AND SO LONG AS CONGRESSIONAL
00:31:32DEMOCRATS ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT FIGHTING FRAUD, THEY SHOULDN'T
00:31:34BE ANYWHERE NEAR THE HALLS OF POWER. THANK YOU ALL.
00:31:38AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE A FEW
00:31:39QUESTIONS NOW, GO AHEAD.
00:31:44WHOEVER'S GOT A QUESTION. >> YES, SIR.
00:31:47MATT FLEENOR FROM KABC NEWS IN KANSAS CITY.
00:31:50WE WILL DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT FRAUD, BUT I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT REDISTRICTING.
00:31:54THAT HAS BEEN A BIG TOPIC HERE IN THE STATE, MISSOURI, OVER THE PAST WEEK.
00:31:56>> THE MISSOURI SUPREME COURT CAME OUT WITH A RULING LAST
00:32:00WEEK, WE HAD THE SECRETARY OF STATE, MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL HERE AS WELL.
00:32:02>> WHAT MESSAGE YOU SEND TO THE MISSOURI SUPREME COURT ABOUT
00:32:08READING EVERYTHING HERE IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI? >> WELL, LOOK, I'M SURE THIS
00:32:11IMPLICATES A NUMBER OF LEGAL MATTERS THAT I'M HARDLY AN EXPERT ON.
00:32:15>> BUT WHAT I FIND MOST BIZARRE ABOUT THE MISSOURI REDISTRICTING
00:32:18DEBATE IS THAT YOU ALREADY HAD A PRIMARY ELECTION WHERE. PEOPLE CAST BALLOTS WITH TWO
00:32:22DISTRICTS AS THEY EXIST NOW.
00:32:24SO IF THE COURTS DON'T, WHAT I
00:32:26THINK THEY SHOULD, YOU COULD HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING IN THE
00:32:29GENERAL ELECTION AND CASTING BALLOTS IN DISTRICTS THAT ARE
00:32:32DIFFERENT THAN THE BALLOTS THAT THEY CAST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IN THE PRIMARY.
00:32:36THAT, TO ME IS AN AFFRONT TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
00:32:38AND IF THE SUPREME WANTS TO STEP IN AND CHANGE THINGS, THEY
00:32:42SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THINGS BACK THEN. AND GIVEN THAT THEY'VE LET THESE
00:32:45MAPS EXIST IN THE PRIMARY
00:32:47ELECTION, IT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO LET THEM EXIST FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.
00:32:51AND THE FINAL POINT I'D MAKE ON
00:32:53THIS IS JUST ON THE POLITICS OF THIS.
00:32:56MISSOURI IS COURSE, A PRETTY
00:32:58DEEPLY RED STATE.
00:33:00WHAT YOU HAVE IN SOME OF THE BLUEST STATES IN OUR COUNTRY AND
00:33:04FRANKLY, EVEN SOME PURPLE STATES THAT LEAN BLUE IS SOME OF THE
00:33:06MOST ABSURD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS THAT I'VE EVER SEEN.
00:33:10I MEAN, DISTRICTS THAT LOOK
00:33:12LIKE, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN'S ART
00:33:14RATHER THAN COMMON SENSE DRAWN
00:33:17CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. AND THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU HAVE
00:33:21COURTS THAT SAY THAT MISSOURI IS NOT ALLOWED TO DRAW ITS
00:33:25DISTRICTS THE WAY THAT IT WOULD LIKE TO, BUT CERTAIN STATES ARE.
00:33:27WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT COURTS ARE SAYING THAT THE VOTES OF A
00:33:31MISSOURI REPUBLICAN OR A MISSOURI COUNT LESS THAN A
00:33:36MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRAT. I THINK IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL AFFRONT, THE IDEA THAT EVERY
00:33:39SINGLE PERSON IS TO CAST THEIR BALLOT AS THEY SEE.
00:33:43SO THE COURTS ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY DO. OBVIOUSLY, I'VE GOT MY PREFERENCE.
00:33:46BUT THE WEIRDEST ABOUT THIS IS TO HAVE CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY
00:33:51MAP THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN A CONGRESSIONAL GENERAL MAP. THAT DOESN'T MAKE A TON OF SENSE
00:33:54TO ME. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, MR. VICE
00:33:58PRESIDENT. THIS IS MARY MARGARET ORLEAN WITH THE DAILY WIRE. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
00:34:02A COUPLE MEMBERS OF YOUR FRAUD TASK FORCE SAID THAT THE BIDEN
00:34:06ADMINISTRATION TURNED A BLIND EYE TO THIS PUPPY FRAUD THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
00:34:09DO YOU HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WERE AWARE OF THIS FRAUD?
00:34:13AND IF SO WOULD THE FRAUD TASK FORCE LOOK INTO THAT?
00:34:17>> YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND CERTAINLY THE FRAUD TASK
00:34:21FORCE LOOKING INTO THAT. WHEN YOU ASK THE QUESTION TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, NO, THIS
00:34:24WAS STUFF THIS STUFF WAS GOING ON. OF COURSE THEY DID. IT WAS AN OPEN SECRET.
00:34:27IF YOU TALK TO ANY STATE GOVERNOR, THE SMALL BUSINESS
00:34:31ADMINISTRA OR ANY UNITED STATES SENATOR IN 2022 OR 2023, WE KNEW
00:34:36THAT THE PPIP PROGRAM WAS RIFE WITH FRAUD. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A FEW
00:34:40DOZEN CASES. I MEAN, IN THE STATE OF OHIO, I REMEMBER TALKING TO LIEUTENANT
00:34:44GOVERNOR JON HUSTED, WHO NOW IS
00:34:46IS THE SENATOR REPRESENTING THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:34:49I REMEMBER TALKING TO JOHN ABOUT THIS AND HIM BEING JUST
00:34:52EXASPERATED THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKING THE FRAUD MORE
00:34:55SERIOUSLY AND, OF COURSE, THIS WAS EARLY ON IN THE BIDEN
00:34:59ADMINISTRATION, SO EVERYBODY KNEW IT GOING ON.
00:35:01EVERYBODY KNEW PEOPLE WERE OFF THE TOP.
00:35:03IT'S JUST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WASN'T DOING ANYTHING TO STOP IT.
00:35:07NOW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING SOMETHING TO STOP IT. BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE NEED TO BE
00:35:10LOOKING INTO THE OFFICIALS WHO ARE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THIS
00:35:12STUFF BECAUSE BASIC GOOD GOVERNMENT. I JUST THINK THE BASIC SOCIAL
00:35:17COMPACT AMERICANS HAVE WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT, THEY WRITE A CHECK TO THE GOVERNMENT.
00:35:21THE GOVERNMENT SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS AND THAT
00:35:24RESOURCES GO TO WHERE IT'S LEGALLY ENTITLED TO GO.
00:35:27IF YOU'RE A TAXPAYER AND YOU WRITE A CHECK TO THE GOVERNMENT
00:35:30AND YOU HAVE NO CONFIDENCE, YOU'RE A TAXPAYER AND YOU SEE
00:35:34THAT EVERY SINGLE TWO WEEKS PAY PERIOD, THAT, YOU KNOW, X
00:35:38DOLLARS GOES TO MEDICAID AND GOES TO MEDICARE AND GOES TO
00:35:41SOCIAL SECURITY AND GOES TO EVERYTHING ELSE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE
00:35:44THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO PROTECT YOUR MONEY.
00:35:48WHY DO YOU PAY TAXES AT ALL? >> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS TO
00:35:51GIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FAITH IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AGAIN.
00:35:54>> YOU CANNOT DO UNLESS YOU TAKE THE FRAUD SERIOUSLY.
00:35:56AND MAN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
00:35:58DIDN'T TAKE SERIOUSLY AT ALL, SIR.
00:36:03MR. VICE PRESIDENT, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO FRAUD.
00:36:06THAT'S KIND OF ALREADY HAPPENED. WHAT CAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
00:36:09DO MAYBE IN A MORE PROACTIVE WAY WITH THE APPLICATIONS THAT FOLKS
00:36:12SUBMITTING OR THE REVIEW PROCESS TO PREVENT FRAUD FROM EVEN TAKING PLACE?
00:36:16WELL, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE ACTION THAT WE'RE ANNOUNCING
00:36:20HERE TODAY IS WHEN WE SAY THAT
00:36:24WE'RE CUTTING OFF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEFRAUDED THE GOVERNMENT IN THE PAST.
00:36:26THAT'S PERHAPS THE MOST PROACTIVE THING THAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE WE MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU
00:36:30COME BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF YOU COME BACK TO THE TROUGH, BUT YOU'VE BEEN A
00:36:34FRAUDSTER, YOUR APPLICATION IS AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO BE DEEMED
00:36:38AS NEGATIVE. NOW THERE'S A REVIEW PROCESS ACTUALLY IN PLACE.
00:36:40PEOPLE CAN TRY TO APPEAL THAT IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN WRONGFULLY TAGGED AS A
00:36:44FRAUDSTER. BUT THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY IS THAT ALMOST NO ONE WILL DO THAT
00:36:48BECAUSE SINGLE PERSON WHO HAS DEFRAUDED THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS
00:36:51WHEN THEY'VE DONE IT. THEY KNOW THAT THEY'VE MADE A MISTAKE AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY
00:36:55SHOULDN'T BE GETTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN THE FUTURE. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ASKING
00:36:59QUESTIONS OF ME, BUT IT DID ACTUALLY JUST REMIND ME OF ONE
00:37:02THING I MAYBE WANTED TO ASK TODD, WHICH IS HE SAID THAT ONE
00:37:06OF THE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT EXCUSE ME, THE LEGITIMATE
00:37:08BUSINESSES, WAS FIR LIVES MATTER.
00:37:12AND I WONDER, TODD, WHAT PRODUCT OR SERVICE WAS FIR LIVES MATTER ENGAGED IN?
00:37:16DON'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION, TODD.
00:37:18I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT MY ONE RECOMMENDATION IS
00:37:21FIND A BETTER NAME FOR YOUR BUSINESS THAN FIR LIVES. MATTER.
00:37:25NEXT QUESTION. >> MATT KELLY WITH THE KANSAS CITY STAR.
00:37:28>> THE KC METRO EXPORTS $4 BILLION OF GOODS TO CANADA
00:37:32ANNUALLY IS FOR GM PLANTS ACROSS
00:37:34THE METRO AND VERY COMPLEX SUPPLY CHAINS ACROSS THE CANADA
00:37:39BORDER. >> SURE. CURIOUS WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S GOING TO DO TO
00:37:41MITIGATE THE ECONOMIC PAIN OF THIS TRADE CONFLICT IF IT IF IT DRAGS?
00:37:45WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THE PRESIDENT'S TRYING TO DO IS JUST MAKE THINGS MORE FAIR FOR THE
00:37:50AMERICAN. >> IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOUR POINT ABOUT THAT $4 BILLION
00:37:54EXPORT MARKET. WE'VE GOT TO ASK OURSELVES, IS
00:37:56CANADA APPLYING RESTRICTION ON
00:37:58KANSAS CITY WORKERS, MISSOURI WORKERS OR KANSAS WORKERS THAT
00:38:02IT'S NOT APPLYING TO ANYBODY ELSE? THE UNFORTUNATE ANSWER IS, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE ALL
00:38:06LOVE CANDIDATES, OBVIOUSLY A FRIENDLY AND A LOT OF WAYS THEIR
00:38:10GOVERNMENT HAS IMPOSED EXTRA ORDINARY TRADE RESTRICTIONS ON
00:38:14AMERICAN WORKERS ALL ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
00:38:17YOU SEE THIS IN SOME CASES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SPACE WHERE,
00:38:21YOU KNOW, IF YOU BUY A POUND OF BUTTER FROM CANADA, WE'RE NOT
00:38:24APPLYING ANY TARIFFS ON IT, OR AT LEAST WE WEREN'T. BUT IF WE ACTUALLY SEND
00:38:29AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS INTO CANADA, SOMETIMES OUR FARMERS
00:38:32ARE PAYING 200%, 300%. THE SAME BASIC IS APPLYING TO A
00:38:36LOT OF MANUFACTURED GOODS AND AT THE SAME EXACT TIME WHAT IS
00:38:39IMPOSING A WHOLE HOST OF TARIFFS
00:38:42ON OUR WORKERS AND A WHOLE HOST
00:38:44OF OF EXPORT AND IMPORT CONTROLS ON AMERICAN WORKERS?
00:38:47THEY'RE LETTING PRODUCTS COME IN FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
00:38:50CHINA WITH NOTHING LIKE THOSE. THAT LEVEL OF RESTRICTION.
00:38:54SO WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING HERE IT'S NOT IN AN EFFORT TO
00:38:57HURT ANYBODY, CERTAINLY NOT IN THE UNITED STATES, NOT EVEN IN
00:39:01CANADA, OR TRYING TO MAKE MORE FAIR. AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING TO THE
00:39:05CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IS, IF YOU WANT ACCESS TO AMERICAN MARKETS,
00:39:08YOU HAVE TO BE FAIR TO AMERICAN WORKERS. THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO A PLACE
00:39:12THAT'S MUCH BETTER FOR AMERICAN WORKERS, I THINK, FRANKLY, MUCH
00:39:14BETTER FOR CANADIAN WORKERS, TOO. BUT THEY'VE GOT TO BE MORE FAIR.
00:39:18AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO MISTREAT AMERICAN WORKERS, THEN IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE UNITED STATES
00:39:22TO FIGHT BACK, WHICH IS EXACTLY HE'S DOING RIGHT NOW.
00:39:25NEXT QUARTER, PRESIDENT, OF COURSE, GOING TO CBS NEWS. >> THANKS FOR DOING THIS.
00:39:30YOU SAID 870,000 BORROWERS WERE CUT STEALING FROM TAXPAYERS.
00:39:33HOW MANY OF THOSE HAVE ACTUALLY
00:39:35BEEN CHARGED OR CONVICTED WITH
00:39:37FRAUD AND THEY'RE SUSPECTED
00:39:39FRAUDULENT BORROWERS RATHER THAN CONVICTED FRAUDSTERS?
00:39:42WHAT RECOURSE A LEGITIMATE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER HAVE IF THEY WERE
00:39:46WRONGLY CONVICTED? AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO ASK, BECAUSE SECRETARY LOEFFLER, THE
00:39:49SBA SAYS ROUGHLY 49 BILLION IS
00:39:52NOW TIED TO SUSPENDED BORROWERS
00:39:55NATIONWIDE, AND 22 BILLION HAS BEEN REFERRED TO TREASURY. SO HOW MUCH MONEY HAS ACTUALLY
00:39:58BEEN RECOVERED, THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER, SO FAR?
00:40:02SO A FEW POINTS ON THAT. >> SO NUMBER ONE IS 870,000
00:40:05PEOPLE WHO ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO
00:40:07APPLY FOR LOANS, THE FEDERAL
00:40:10GOVERNMENT, NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN FOUND TO BE
00:40:13FRAUDSTERS IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM. IT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TAGGED
00:40:16AS HAVING A LIKELIHOOD OF COMMITTING FRAUD FOR OTHER
00:40:20ACTIONS THAT THEY'VE ENGAGED IN. SO THIS ACTUALLY SETS UP A
00:40:23SYSTEM WHEREBY IF YOU HAVE A HIGH SUSPICION OF HAVING
00:40:26DEFRAUDED THE GOVERNMENT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT EASY FOR
00:40:29YOU TO APPLY FOR THESE LOANS ANYMORE. BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT SOME PEOPLE, YOU
00:40:33KNOW, MISTAKES SOMETIMES HAPPEN. SO WE'VE SET UP A PROCESS TO
00:40:37ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY CHALLENGE WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN
00:40:41ADEQUATELY OR ACCURATELY SHOULD SAY, TAGGED AS A FRAUDSTER.
00:40:45LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I DON'T SUSPECT MANY PEOPLE, AND WE KNOW
00:40:47FROM PRIOR HISTORY THAT NOT MANY
00:40:49PEOPLE ARE GOING TO APPEAL THAT.
00:41:04RULING BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEFRAUDED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE BEEN UP TO. WE ALSO YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD FROM
00:41:08THE INSPECTOR GENERAL EARLIER THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SENDING OUT LETTERS. WE'RE SETTING OUT LETTERS IN ORDER TO NOTIFY PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE SUSPECT IN A FRAUD.
00:41:12SO WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE LETTERS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE MISTAKES. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FIND OUT THAT THEY'VE BEEN TAGGED A
00:41:16FRAUDSTER INACCURATELY, BUT WE'RE BEING VERY CAREFUL, VERY DILIGENT. WE'RE SENDING OUT SOME OF THESE LETTERS AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT WE
00:41:19ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING ACCURATE ABOUT THIS. WE'RE SAVING THE AMERICAN
00:41:23PEOPLE'S MONEY IN THE PROCESS, BUT ALSO NOT UNFAIRLY TAGGING
00:41:26ANYBODY AS A FRAUDSTER. WE'RE BEING VERY CAREFUL ABOUT IT.
00:41:29BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF FRAUD OUT THERE. >> ONE MORE QUESTION.
00:41:34THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. MIKE ILLUSTRATES HEARTLAND OUR NEWS.
00:41:37I'M ORIGINALLY FROM OHIO AND I WAS SHOCKED AT THE FRAUD THERE
00:41:41IN THE OF OHIO, SO I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY YOU WERE
00:41:44SHOCKED BY THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES COLLAPSE.
00:41:47YES, I DO.
00:41:49>> AS THIS ISSUE ACROSS RED AND
00:41:52BLUE STATES HOW AND YET NOT
00:41:54RECEIVING SUPPORT WHAT ARE YOUR OF IMPLEMENTING THIS INTO LAW SO
00:41:59THAT IT LASTS FAR BEYOND THIS ADMINISTRATION. >> AND THEN SECONDLY, IS THIS
00:42:03TASK FORCE ALSO LOOKING INTO MEDICAID FRAUD AND TRANSGENDER
00:42:06PROCEDURES THAT BEEN DONE BY THE DOJ?
00:42:09>> SO WE ARE ABSOLUTELY LOOKING INTO THAT. WE'RE LOOKING ACTUALLY AT A HOST
00:42:12OF OF MEDICAID, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, MEDICAID IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE
00:42:16MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAMS EXISTS IN THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT AND ENSURES THAT LOW INCOME
00:42:20AMERICANS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS HEALTH CARE.
00:42:23SO WHEN YOU STEAL MONEY FROM MEDICAID, YOU'RE NOT JUST STEALING IT FROM THE AMERICAN
00:42:26TAXPAYER, WHICH OF COURSE IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM.
00:42:29YOU'RE ALSO POTENTIALLY STEALING IT FROM A KID WHO GREW UP IN A
00:42:32CIRCUMSTANCE LIKE ME WHO, NEEDS TO GO SEE A DOCTOR, BUT WILL
00:42:36FIND THAT THOSE SERVICES DON'T EXIST BECAUSE. THE MONEY HAS BEEN STOLEN BY
00:42:40FRAUDSTERS WE TAKE THAT EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY.
00:42:42TO YOUR POINT ABOUT CONSENSUS AND, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THE KIND
00:42:45OF LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK THAT COULD MAKE THIS ANTI-FRAUD FORCE
00:42:49ENDURE, WE WOULD LOVE THAT.
00:42:51AND IN FACT, WE'VE EXTENDED MANY, MANY INVITATIONS TO
00:42:55CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS TO EITHER WORK WITH US ON A DISCRETE ISSUE, THE ANTI-FRAUD
00:42:59TASK FORCE. WE'VE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE TO SAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
00:43:03BE PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SENATOR ERIC
00:43:07SCHMIDT, HE'S EASY. THIS GUY HATES FRAUD HE WANTS TO PROTECT TAXPAYERS AND HE'S DOING
00:43:11EVERYTHING HE CAN TO HELP US. BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY AFFIRMATIVELY REACHED OUT TO A LOT OF
00:43:16CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS, AND IT'S THE AMERICAN PEOPLE I'D SAY THERE'S A BIT OF A GOOD NEWS,
00:43:19BAD NEWS SITUATION THERE. I THINK THE GOOD NEWS IS AT THE
00:43:23LEVEL SOME ATTORNEYS GENERAL, SOME WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUND,
00:43:25SOME DEMOCRAT WHO'VE BEEN WILLING TO WORK WITH US. WE'RE TO THEM, WE WANT THIS TO
00:43:29BE A BIPARTISAN THING. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I JUST YOU
00:43:33KNOW, MY MY VIEW OF IT IS THAT CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS HAVE
00:43:37BEEN SO CAPTURED BY FAR LEFT
00:43:39ADVOCACY GROUPS THAT THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING THAT
00:43:42IT'S COMMON SENSE AS PROTECTING THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS MONEY.
00:43:46THAT'S A HUGE INDICTMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.
00:43:50THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON
00:43:53TRYING TO REACH ACROSS THE BECAUSE, LOOK, WHOEVER THE PRESIDENT IN 2029, IF IT IS A
00:43:58DEMOCRAT, I WANT THE ANTI-FRAUD EFFORT TO CONTINUE BECAUSE WE
00:44:01CAN'T ALLOW IT TO BE NORMALIZED
00:44:03THAT THE AMERICAN GET STOLEN BY
00:44:05OR STOLEN FROM BY FRAUDSTERS AND
00:44:09IMPORTANTLY, TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO COMMIT FRAUD OUT THERE. I DON'T WANT THEM CHECKING THE CLOCK.
00:44:13I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WHOEVER'S IN OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY'RE GOING GO
00:44:17AFTER FRAUD AS ZEALOUSLY AS PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP HAS.
00:44:21I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THE WAY TO RICH IN THE UNITED STATES
00:44:24OF AMERICA IS TO BUILD A BUSINESS OR BUILD A PRODUCT, NOT
00:44:28TO STEAL FROM THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER. THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE
00:44:30SENDING TO THIS FRAUD OR WITH THIS FRAUD TASK FORCE.
00:44:34WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE DO NOT
00:44:36DEFRAUD THE TAXPAYER, GO AND GET A JOB. THANK YOU, GUYS.
00:44:39GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AND TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
00:44:43IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> ALL.
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