e services and the national security needs that it's meant to go towards. 

The comments come a day after the feds sued Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration, alleging state health officials rigged a bid on an $11 billion Medicaid homecare program. The state health department has dismissed the legal action as  baseless. 

The VP also said murder rates in the state have plunged because  we got illegal criminals out of our country and stood behind law enforcement. 

LiPetri, 35, told The Post after the event it was  truly an honor  to have Vance's backing as he vowed to make sure tax dollars aren't sucked into fraud.

Bruce Blakeman introduced JD Vance on Wednesday. Stefano Giovannini for NY Post

 Our federal government just wastes because they're not accountable, because the Democrats don't care for us, it's about scrutinizing every dollar as if it's our own,  he said.

The Republican lost to Suozzi in 2024 by just a few percentage points after the Dem won a special election against a separate GOP opponent earlier that year to fill in the House seat vacated by disgraced former lawmaker George Santos.

But Suozzi, 63, tore into the vice president during a Zoom call with reporters later Wednesday.

 The vice president really came across, as I said, as a phony, as amateurish, as childish, and as a liar,  he said.

Suozzi declined to address his stock trading, but challenged the Veep to a debate as he blasted Vance for holding a campaign-style rally during what was billed as a government event.

 From the very beginning until the very end, it was 100% a political hit job,  Suozzi said.

 So, Mr. Vice President, bring it on, come debate me any time about the policies of this administration and how they've affected the people of the United States of America, and the people in this district know me, and the phony baloney attacks that you made today.