Political Quotes

“I want to thank the chairman, Ranking Member Waters, Congressman Poliquin, Congressman Murphy of Florida, and Congressman Mulvaney for working with me on our bipartisan legislation to help law enforcement combat senior financial exploitation. In 2014, Tinna Kay Lujan, while employed as a certified nursing assistant at Amber Lights, an assisted living facility in Tucson, my home State of Arizona, took 87-year-old Donald Hansen out of his facility and into her own home where he was later found dehydrated and suffering from an infection. Lujan not only moved Mr. Hansen into her home against his will, she also exploited him financially. As reported in the Arizona Republic, Washington Federal Bank staff contacted law enforcement because they were suspicious when Lujan and Hansen, who had been a long-time customer, visited the bank together. Ms. Lujan provided the bank with a power-of-attorney document signed by Hansen. She also requested bank cards and checks from Hansen's accounts and added Hansen's grandchildren as beneficiaries. But bank staff knew that Hansen had no grandchildren, and later they learned those beneficiaries were, in fact, Ms. Lujan's children. Donald Hansen is only one of thousands of Arizona seniors who are victims of financial exploitation every year. Recent studies estimate that nearly one in five American seniors may be a target for fraud or financial abuse, and seniors lose at least $2.9 billion annually to financial exploitation.…”