WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. John Cornyn issued the following news release:

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today delivered the following opening remarks during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration hearing he chaired entitled, "Somali Fraud in Minnesota - The Tip of the Iceberg," which comes as the Government Accountability Office estimates (https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-24-105833.pdf) the federal government loses between (https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-24-105833-highlights.pdf) $233 billion and $521 billion annually due to fraud and improper payments. Excerpts are below, and video can be found here (https://youtu.be/dWaJ5x52BKM).

"When the news broke about the level of childcare service fraud by Somali natio...