Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins testified before the House Committee on Agriculture on Thursday.
It’s always interesting to watch the Trump administration secretaries dissect the Democrats in Congress and drop some facts on them. They are quite good at it, as we have seen with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
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Rep. Angie Craig (MN-02) asked Rollins if she knew what the most recent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Fraud (SNAP) fraud rate was, according to the United States Department of Agriculture Data. She apparently thought she had a “gotcha” point to poo-poo concerns about fraud. It did not go well for her.
.@USDA has NEVER had access to State SNAP data. Not until this Administration demanded it.
That’s why every figure from years past is meaningless. From the 29 states that DID share data, we’ve already identified at least $3 billion a year in fraud.
Extrapolated nationwide: more… pic.twitter.com/st2Nf58fIR
— Secretary Brooke Rollins (@SecRollins) June 4, 2026
Rollins explained that the number isn’t accurate because it was based on data that they are unable to verify. She pointed, for example, to California or Minnesota (Craig’s state). As we have seen, Minnesota has been a hotbed for fraud. That’s when Craig started interrupting, “Reclaiming my time! Reclaiming my time!”
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Craig then tried to insist that SNAP had the lowest fraud rate of any program in America. Rollins couldn’t quite believe she said that, and almost laughed out loud. “You can’t be serious when you say that!” she said. She nailed Craig, saying that if states like Minnesota wouldn’t provide the data, they can’t properly verify the accuracy.
@USDA has NEVER had access to State SNAP data. Not until this Administration demanded it. That’s why every figure from years past is meaningless. From the 29 states that DID share data, we’ve already identified at least $3 billion a year in fraud. Extrapolated nationwide: more than $10 billion. This isn’t “erroneous payments.” This is FRAUD — and yes, @RepAngieCraig, I know the difference. Do you?
That sounds like a pretty significant number, even by Minnesota standards.
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Vance weighed in on the exchange between Rollins and Craig. He finished off the Democrats over their obstructionism.
If the fraud rate is really as low as Democrats claim, why are they fighting so hard to hide the data? Why not just work with USDA to audit and validate where the money is going? Their resistance to us going after fraud is part of why these programs ballooned in the first place. https://t.co/ZaO6i9mKia
— JD Vance (@JDVance) June 4, 2026
If the fraud rate is really as low as Democrats claim, why are they fighting so hard to hide the data? Why not just work with USDA to audit and validate where the money is going? Their resistance to us going after fraud is part of why these programs ballooned in the first place.
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