What documents has the House Oversight Committee requested from Governor Walz and when are they due?

1. The formal December 3 request: what was asked and the firm deadline

Chairman Comer’s December 3, 2025 letter to Governor Walz seeks “documents, communications, and records” relevant to alleged widespread fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs and explicitly asked that the materials cover January 1, 2019 through the present, with the Committee demanding production “as soon as possible but no later than December 17, 2025” ^{[1] [2]}. The Committee framed the request as part of an inquiry into multiple alleged schemes, and the letter instructed preservation of evidence while seeking specific communications between the governor’s office and state agencies ^{[1] [2]}.

2. Categories and examples cited publicly by reporters and local outlets

Reporting and local outlets summarized the Committee’s demands as encompassing four broad categories tied to known fraud schemes, including communications about the Feeding Our Future child nutrition fraud, the housing stabilization billing scheme, the autism program, and Department of Commerce records tied to remittance payments to Somalia dating back to 2014; those summaries say the requests cover January 1, 2019 to the present with a December 17 deadline ^[6]. The Oversight Committee’s public materials and press releases frame the requests as seeking to determine what Walz and his administration knew and what actions were taken ^{[2] [1]}.

3. How this request fits into a larger, multi‑committee push

This Oversight Committee request is one node in a broader congressional response: GOP-led House panels, including Education and other committees, previously issued subpoenas or document deadlines tied to pandemic‑era child nutrition fraud and Medicaid‑related inquiries, sometimes with different timelines—an Education Committee action in 2024 set an earlier September 18 deadline in that separate probe ^{[5] [7]}. The Energy and Commerce Committee and other panels have also sought communications from Governor Walz and state Human Services leaders to investigate Medicaid and program integrity issues ^[7].

4. Timeline for testimony and hearings tied to the document request

Beyond the December production deadline, the Oversight Committee scheduled an initial hearing on January 7, 2026 to hear from Minnesota state officials and invited Governor Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to testify before the Committee on February 10, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center ^{[3] [4]}. Committee statements have tied the document requests to the preparation for those hearings and to the Committee’s effort to evaluate alleged failures and whistleblower claims ^{[3] [8]}.

5. Political context, disputed framing, and limitations in public records

Committee Republicans describe the requests as essential to accountability for “widespread fraud” and have publicly alleged that the Walz administration ignored warnings or retaliated against whistleblowers ^{[2] [8]}. Minnesota officials and Walz’s office have said they are willing to work with Congress while criticizing what they call partisan or “circus” hearings; the governor’s team has also pointed to state prosecutions and other remedial actions in public comments ^{[9] [10]}. Reporting indicates multiple committees and media outlets summarize the requested categories, but the full, itemized list of every document sought in Comer’s letter is longer and contained in the Committee’s December 3 letter itself; this account relies on summaries and the publicly posted letter rather than a line‑by‑line reproduction ^{[1] [6]}.