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After uncovering a billion-dollar fraud scheme in Ohio, Daily Wire reporter Luke Rosiak testified on Capitol Hill this week, expecting bipartisan concern, but Democrats didn\u2019t offer it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Rosiak testified before the Senate Small Business Committee on Wednesday during a hearing dominated by Republican lawmakers. The only Democrat in attendance was Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), whose presence was required as the minority ranking member.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Rosiak later quipped, \u201cThe hearing room may as well have been a learing center with the number of Democrats who showed up today,\u201d referencing a misspelled sign outside a suspected fraudulent daycare in Minnesota.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In his opening statement, Markey argued that the Trump administration\u2019s recent anti-fraud initiatives have disproportionately targeted blue states, completely ignoring the fact that Rosiak just uncovered $1 billion in alleged Medicaid fraud in a red state. Markey declined to question Rosiak or any of the Republican witnesses, instead focusing his remarks on criticizing President Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI agree we should be doing more to prevent fraud,\u201d said Markey. \u201cBut we should also be focusing on the Trump-sized hole in the American people\u2019s pockets. We should address rising gas prices, electricity costs, healthcare premiums, food prices, but instead the instances of fraud that congressional Republicans and this administration choose to focus on are solely to secure political points demonizing communities of color and attacking blue states.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Markey also chose not to comment on testimony from Faye Bernstein, a compliance specialist for the Minnesota Department of Human Services and a self-described lifelong Democrat. Bernstein testified that she began questioning members of her own party after raising fraud concerns and being \u201clabeled a racist.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n