Overview
- The Democratic senator rolled out more than 40 proposals at a Sunday news conference in St. Paul, pledging a day-one audit of every state agency.
- Her plan calls for a 'do not pay' list to bar convicted fraudsters from grants or contracts, new anti-fraud units, tougher penalties, more in-person checks, and authority to freeze suspicious payments.
- She also backs replacing decades-old computer systems and creating an independent inspector general to coordinate oversight across agencies.
- Republicans labeled the agenda a 'Walz third term' or an 'admission of failure,' while former U.S. attorney Andy Luger praised it as a serious crackdown.
- The rollout comes as federal probes tied to Feeding Our Future and recent FBI searches keep fraud in the spotlight, with Klobuchar holding a fundraising lead as GOP hopeful Kristin Robbins exited the race.