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A Democratic state senator said she almost cried after Daily Wire investigative reporter Luke Rosiak discussed his Medicaid fraud findings during congressional testimony on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n Ohio Democratic state Sen. Nickie Antonio, whom lawmakers also questioned Wednesday, claimed that the hearing was full of “hateful rhetoric.”<\/p>\n “I was almost brought to tears just now because the rate and level of hateful rhetoric … the lack of humanity … I am shocked,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n As part of his testimony before the House Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses led by Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), Rosiak revealed that 100% of the companies he found suspected of Medicaid fraud were owned by foreigners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou looked into hundreds of companies, and 100% you are telling me had names of a Somali, Bhutanese, or other sort of an African origin?\u201d asked Gill. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCorrect,\u201d Rosiak answered.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Earlier in the hearing, Rosiak explained that \u201cRefugees are using [Medicaid] to bring money back to their home countries. So Congress created this program as medical aid and there are people turning it into foreign aid.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n After Gill finished his line of questioning for Rosiak, he turned to Senator Antonio and asked her, \u201cHas Somali immigration been good for your state?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “You know, that’s really outside of my purview of information,” she said.<\/p>\n Through his investigations, Rosiak found that Ohio spent roughly $1 billion on home healthcare services in 2024 alone, with most of the funds loosely monitored. The lack of oversight allowed relatives to receive taxpayer funding for providing in-home \u201cpersonal services\u201d such as cooking, cleaning, and companionship.<\/span><\/p>\n Rosiak found entire office buildings filled with Medicaid-billing home health companies, many run by individuals with little or no healthcare background, and in some cases, histories of fraud, unpaid debts, or criminal convictions.<\/span><\/p>\n At another point during the hearing, a Democratic lawmaker interrupted<\/a> Rosiak and called his findings “ridiculous.”<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not waiting on the committee, but this is ridiculous,\u201d Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH) exclaimed as Rosiak was in the middle of his testimony.<\/p>\n Brown, who represents Ohio\u2019s 11th district covering Cleveland, is not even a member of the bipartisan task force, which includes six Republicans and four Democrats.<\/p>\n