Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., weighs in on New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ latest indictment charges and its potential impact on the state’s government.

Fraud against the government is a huge problem, with the misappropriation of federal funds involving Somali-owned child care centers in Minnesota being just the tip of the iceberg. Indeed, according to Government Accounting Office estimates, the federal government loses between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud.

Fraud involving federal set-aside programs is particularly pernicious. These programs typically reserve government benefits exclusively for small, disadvantaged businesses to ensure that they can compete on a level playing field against large companies. But some ineligible large companies seek to exploit these programs by performing the work while having a small, disadvantaged business act as a front.

To its credit, the Trump administration is aggressively pursuing abuses of federal set-aside programs by large companies claiming benefits to which they are not entitled. For example, in June 2025, the........

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