U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-AL, has joined a newly formed Senate Anti-Fraud Task Force aimed at identifying and combating waste, fraud and abuse across federal programs.

The task force was launched by Tuberville and U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., along with seven other Republican senators. According to the announcement, the group will examine vulnerabilities in federal programs, strengthen government accountability and work to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent as intended.

“For years, blue states like Minnesota have been robbing the American taxpayers blind. Americans deserve better. 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,” Tuberville said.

Joining Tuberville and Schmitt on the task force are 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.

Tuberville also joined six members of the task force in sending a July 10 letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald. The senators praised the Trump administration’s early anti-fraud initiatives and requested information intended to help Congress support and strengthen those efforts.

“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,” the senators wrote in the letter.

The letter states that the Trump-Vance administration has recovered nearly $1 billion in misused taxpayer funds through enforcement actions targeting welfare and entitlement fraud, including fraudulent SNAP, Medicaid and housing claims. It also highlights election-related prosecutions, voter-roll cleanup efforts and investigations into large-scale fraud operations involving daycare centers, nonprofits and entitlement programs in Minnesota.

The senators requested detailed information from the Department of Justice by Aug. 24, 2026, including quarterly enforcement metrics beginning Jan. 20, 2026, and projections for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. They also sought updates on election-related fraud cases, voter-roll maintenance efforts, immigration-related fraud investigations, interstate fraud schemes and coordination between federal and state authorities.

In addition, the lawmakers requested information on high-impact fraud cases involving government benefits, contractor and procurement fraud, universities, nonprofits, hospitals, technology contractors and other large-scale operations. The letter also asked for proposals to make the National Fraud Enforcement Division a permanent standalone division with dedicated funding, expanded jurisdiction, enhanced data-sharing capabilities, extended statutes of limitations and mandatory minimum penalties for large-scale taxpayer fraud.

Tuberville was joined in signing the letter by Britt, Marshall, Moody, Sheehy and Schmitt.

“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 wrote.

The full text of the letter is available at www.tuberville.senate.gov.