Tuberville joins Sen. Schmitt's Anti-Fraud Task Force

July 14, 2026 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri) in launching an Anti-Fraud Task Force alongside seven of their Republican colleagues. The Anti-Fraud Task Force will examine fraud, waste, and abuse across federal programs; identify vulnerabilities in existing systems; and strengthen government accountability to ensure the proper stewardship of taxpayer dollars.

"For years, blue states like Minnesota have been robbing the American taxpayers blind. Americans deserve better," said Sen. Tuberville. "Thank God for President Trump and Vice President Vance who are cracking down on fraud. It's past time that Congress does our part to protect taxpayers."

In the letter, the Senators request the following:

1 Comprehensive Quarterly Metrics: Data from January 20, 2026, onward (with FY 2026 and FY 2027 projections), broken down by category, including:

A Welfare/entitlement fraud (SNAP, Medicaid, TANF, unemployment, housing);

B Election-related fraud and voter-roll integrity efforts;

C Contractor and procurement fraud;

D For each, provide: cases opened, indictments, convictions, dollars recovered/restituted, and average sentences. Where applicable, please highlight particularly impactful cases, enforcement actions that demonstrate the strongest returns on taxpayer investment, or show a stark contrast from previous Administrations.

2 Election Integrity, Citizenship, and Federalism: Status of voter-roll cleanups, specific election-fraud prosecutions, immigration-related fraud schemes, and examples of interstate schemes, including Minnesota-style operations. Detail any coordination with states on removing ineligible voters and any federal-state barriers, sanctuary policies, or information-sharing restrictions that impede enforcement.

3 Constitutional and Federalism Implications: Please identify any fraud schemes, enforcement barriers, or jurisdictional conflicts that implicate constitutional governance, including election integrity, citizenship and immigration status, federal-state information sharing, sanctuary policies, equal enforcement of federal law, or Congress's ability to conduct oversight of federally funded programs. Please also identify any statutory gaps that prevent the Department from adequately enforcing federal law in these areas.

4 High-Impact Schemes: Focused metrics and case summaries on:

A Immigrant-related and sponsored-alien fraud (benefits claimed by or for illegal immigrants or their sponsors);

B Elite-institution schemes (universities, nonprofits, hospitals, Big Tech contractors, or large-scale operations).

C Identify any sanctuary jurisdictions or federally funded entities obstructing enforcement.

5 Legislative Path to Permanence: Detailed proposals to make the NFED a permanent standalone division with dedicated funding, nationwide jurisdiction, enhanced data-sharing, extended statutes of limitations, and mandatory minimums for large-scale taxpayer fraud.

Sens. Tuberville and Schmitt were joined by Sens. Katie Britt (R-AL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Ashley Moody (R-FL), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), and Tim Sheehy (R-MT).

Sens. Tuberville and Britt also joined five of his Anti-Task Force colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald commending the Trump Administration's early anti-fraud efforts and requesting information to help Congress support and strengthen those initiatives moving forward.

"We commend President Trump for the decisive action taken to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division (NFED) and the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. Fraud is theft from hardworking American families, and Vice President Vance's leadership as 'Fraud Czar' sends the right signal: this administration will no longer tolerate billions in organized theft from taxpayers through welfare programs, election schemes, contractor abuse, federally funded nonprofits, or elite institutions. The Senate Anti-Fraud Task Force is especially concerned with fraud schemes that undermine the constitutional foundations of self-government: honest elections, lawful citizenship, equal enforcement of federal law, federal-state cooperation, and Congress's ability to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent consistent with law," wrote the Senators.

"Fraud is not merely a budgetary problem. When fraud corrupts elections, citizenship, federal programs, and equal enforcement of the law, it becomes a constitutional problem. Aggressive, transparent enforcement aligned with America First priorities will restore accountability and protect the institutions of self-government," the senators concluded.

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