[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 83 (Friday, May 15, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H3545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
DEMANDING ANSWERS ON OHIO MEDICAID FRAUD
(Mr. GILL from Texas asked and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. GILL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, fraudsters are robbing the American
people.
In Ohio, hundreds of shell companies, operating out of empty office
buildings, billed the Federal Government for over $250 million for home
health services that couldn't even be verified. We believe the full
scope of this scandal, in fact, reaches into the billions of dollars.
These are programs that required no medical training, had no
verification that services were actually provided, and had no spending
caps, but they enriched fraudsters at the expense of the American
people.
That is why Chairman Comer created the Task Force on Defending
Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses, to go after
corrupt institutions that steal from taxpayers, abuse our immigration
system, silence Americans, and bury illegal discrimination. It is my
honor to lead this task force.
This week, we sent a letter demanding answers from the Ohio
Department of Medicaid, and we are going to get them. The era of zero
consequences is over. We are coming for every single institution that
thinks otherwise.
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