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众议员莫斯考维茨公开了其共和党对手发来的短信，对方在短信中称赞其疫情期间的工作
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发布于 2026年9月29日 美国东部时间晚上7:00 | 更新于 2026年9月29日 美国东部时间晚上7:05
共和党挑战者警告民主党现任议员：未能监管数十亿美元新冠救济资金
斯科特·辛格抨击佛罗里达州民主党众议员贾里德·莫斯考维茨在担任佛罗里达州应急管理局局长期间存在监管失职问题。
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记录显示，佛罗里达州民主党众议员贾里德·莫斯考维茨在担任佛罗里达州应急管理局（FDEM）局长期间，有超过10亿美元的新冠救济资金在未按要求进行监控的情况下拨付出去。
2022年《佛罗里达州州财务报告与联邦拨款合规及内部控制状况》年度审计报告指出了这一漏洞，称“佛罗里达州应急管理局未对任何次级受助方的活动进行监控”。
虽然福克斯新闻数字频道尚未发现这些资金存在欺诈行为，但这份重新浮出水面的审计报告给莫斯考维茨的连任竞选蒙上了负面阴影——他正在美国竞争最激烈的选区之一寻求连任，同时也引发了人们对州级政府拨款监管工作的质疑——这一问题也是共和党方面明确表示值得更多关注的议题。
本应帮助学生回归正轨的新冠资金 在蓝州学区遭遇意外挪用
佛罗里达州民主党众议员贾里德·莫斯考维茨2025年6月23日在华盛顿特区国会山投票结束后接受媒体采访。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的税收与支出法案即将在本周参议院进行关键性投票，此前美国对伊朗发动空袭，这一行动可能将美国拖入长期中东冲突。（阿尔·德拉戈/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
审计报告显示，莫斯考维茨领导的佛罗里达州应急管理局在2020至2021财年从新冠救济基金（CRF）中向39个地方政府受助方拨付了2.105625亿美元资金。次年，又向55个地点拨付了10.262252亿美元资金。
两项拨款总计达12.3亿美元。
“违反联邦法规的是，佛罗里达州应急管理局未对新冠救济基金的次级受助方活动进行监控，”审计报告写道，“此类监控通常应包括，例如，审查次级受助方的审计报告，并确定是否需要就与联邦拨款相关的审计发现做出管理决策。”
报告指出，可接受的监管水平通常应包括对受助方的问询，以及现场评估等核查手段。
“对次级受助方的监控必须包括审查财务和绩效报告，跟进并确保次级受助方针对通过审计、现场审查及其他方式发现的与联邦拨款相关的所有缺陷，及时采取适当行动，”审计报告称。
莫斯考维茨驳斥里克·斯科特称其“怕得要死”社会主义者、依附哈桑·皮克尔的言论
佛罗里达州民主党众议员贾里德·莫斯考维茨2023年12月13日在华盛顿特区出席新闻发布会，就共和党人优先弹劾拜登总统而非解决其他国内议题发表看法。（杰马尔·孔蒂塞/为国会诚信项目拍摄/盖蒂图片社）
值得注意的是，莫斯考维茨并非全程担任2020至2021财年的应急管理局局长。他于4月底辞职，比该财年6月底结束提前了两个月，因此他在2020至2021财年审计周期的绝大部分时间里担任局长，但并非整个财年。
即便如此，他的国会竞选对手、共和党候选人斯科特·辛格仍认为，责任完全应由莫斯考维茨承担。
“当贾里德·莫斯考维茨管理州政府机构时，联邦监管机构和州审计员发现，数十亿美元纳税人资金存在严重监管缺失、报告缺失以及资金去向审查缺失的问题，”辛格在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中说道。
“这令人无法接受，尤其是涉及公共税款的时候。但这并不意外，”辛格补充道。
辛格认为，这份审计报告呼应了此前人们对莫斯考维茨涉及灾难恢复资金工作的质疑。
他指出了2017年的一起事件：当时身为AshBritt灾难清理公司律师的莫斯考维茨，在厄玛飓风过后就赔偿事宜与帕克兰市重新谈判。披露报告显示，他在担任州议员的同时，从该公司获得了超过40万美元的报酬。
“当贾里德还是州议员时，他前往自己所在的城市，要求为一家获付数百万美元的灾后恢复公司支付更高的飓风清理费用，”辛格说。
“我们承担不起继续这种行为的人。严重的资金监管缺失和自我交易。”
当被问及辛格的批评时，莫斯考维茨的竞选团队予以反驳，称这位国会议员为自己的工作感到自豪，并指出他曾被共和党州长再次任命担任该职务。
“作为佛罗里达州应急管理局局长，我直接为德桑蒂斯州长及其政府工作。佛罗里达州的新冠应对措施是全美最好的之一，”莫斯考维茨告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
特朗普反欺诈部门的未来取决于参议院民主党人，此前众议院两党已取得胜利
斯科特·辛格发给佛罗里达州民主党众议员贾里德·莫斯考维茨的短信截图。（斯科特·辛格发给佛罗里达州民主党众议员贾里德·莫斯考维茨的短信截图）
“我在这份报告发布前近一年就离开了该机构，因为我需要离职照顾患癌的父亲。德桑蒂斯州长后来再次任命我担任布劳沃德县委员会委员。据我所知，佛罗里达州的新冠支出已经通过了联邦应急管理局的报销审计，”他补充道。
莫斯考维茨还指出，他甚至收到过共和党人对其防灾工作的赞扬——其中就包括辛格本人。莫斯考维茨公开了两人之间的沟通记录，其中辛格称该州“因为你的所作所为变得好得多”。
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经过两党各自的党内初选，莫斯考维茨和辛格将在11月3日的佛罗里达州大选中展开对决。
利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会团队的政治记者，此前曾供职于《世界杂志》。
Unearthed audit exposes vulnerable Dem’s handling of COVID relief funds: ‘Gross oversight’
2026-09-29T19:00:57-04:00 / Fox News
Rep Moskowitz shared text messages that his GOP opponent sent praising his work during the pandemic
By Leo Briceno Fox News
Published September 29, 2026 7:00pm EDT | Updated September 29, 2026 7:05pm EDT
Republican challenger puts Dem incumbent on notice for failing to oversee billions in COVID relief funding
Scott Singer blasts Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., for a lack of oversight as Director for the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
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During his time as director for the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., allowed over $1 billion in COVID-19 relief funding to go out the door without required monitoring, records reveal.
The 2022 State of Florida Compliance and Internal Controls over Financial Reporting and Federal Awards flagged the weakness in its annual audit, stating “FDEM did not monitor the activities of any subrecipients.”
While Fox News Digital is not aware of fraud that may have been committed with those funds, the resurfaced audit casts an unflattering light on Moskowitz as he pursues re-election in one of the country’s most competitive districts and raises questions about oversight efforts for state-level allocations for government funds — an issue Republicans have signaled merits more attention.
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Representative Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Florida, speaks to members of the media following a vote at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, June 23, 2025. President Donald Trump’s tax-and-spending agenda is nearing a climactic vote in the Senate this week in the wake of air strikes on Iran, which risk embroiling the US in a prolonged Middle East conflict.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Moskowitz’s FDEM approved $210,562,500 in funding to 39 local government recipients in the 2020- 2021 fiscal year from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), according to the audit. The next year, it distributed $1,026,225,200 to 55 locations.
Taken together, the grants add up to $1.23 billion.
“Contrary to Federal regulations, the FDEM did not monitor the activities of CRF subrecipients,” the audit states. “Such monitoring is to include, for example, reviewing subrecipient audit reports and determining whether management decisions are required for any audit findings related to the federal award.”
According to the report, an acceptable level of oversight would normally include inquiries of the recipients as well as checks like onsite evaluations.
“Monitoring of the subrecipient must include reviewing financial and performance reports, following up and ensuring that the subrecipient takes timely and appropriate action on all deficiencies pertaining to the federal award detected through audits, on-site reviews and other means,” the audit states.
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Notably, Moskowitz wasn’t head of FDEM for the whole 2020-2021 fiscal year. He resigned from the post at the end of April, two months before the end of the fiscal year in June, making him the head of the FDEM for the vast majority of the 2020-2021 audit cycle, but not the complete window.
Even so, his congressional opponent, Republican candidate Scott Singer, believes the responsibility lies squarely on Moskowitz’s shoulders.
“When Jared Moskowitz ran a state agency, federal regulators and state auditors found that there was a gross lack of oversight of billions of dollars of taxpayer funds, a lack of reporting, a lack of review of where the funds were going,” Singer said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“And that’s unacceptable, especially with public tax dollars. But it’s not surprising,” Singer added.
Singer argued the audit echoed earlier questions about Moskowitz’s work involving disaster-recovery funds.
He pointed to an incident in 2017 where Moskowitz, as an attorney for AshBritt, a disaster-cleanup company, had renegotiated compensation from the City of Parkland after Hurricane Irma. Disclosure reports showed that he was being paid over $400,000 by the company while also serving as a state legislator.
“When Jared was a state representative, he went to his own city and demanded that they pay more for hurricane cleanup that went to a disaster recovery company that paid him millions,” Singer said.
“We can’t afford people who are continuing to do the same thing. A gross oversight of funds and self-dealing.”
When asked about Singer’s criticisms, Moskowitz’s campaign fired back, stating that the congressman was proud of the work that he did, noting that he had been re-appointed to the role by a Republican governor.
“As Director of FDEM, I worked directly for Governor DeSantis and his administration. Florida had one of the best COVID responses in the country,” Moskowitz told Fox News Digital.
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Text messages from Scott Singer, sent to Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.(Text messages from Scott Singer, sent to Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.)
“I left almost a year before this report was issued as I had to leave the agency to be with my dad, who was battling cancer. Governor DeSantis appointed me again to the Broward County commission. To my knowledge, Florida Covid spending has passed the FEMA audit for reimbursements,” he added.
Moskowitz also pointed out that he had received praise from even Republicans for his disaster-related work — including Singer himself. Moskowitz shared communications between them where Singer said that the state was “in a much better place because of what you’ve done.”
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Having cleared their parties’ respective primaries, Moskowitz and Singer will face off in the Florida general election on Nov. 3.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.