NFL Hall of Fame player Brett Favre says he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

The former quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and New York Jets revealed the diagnosis while testifying on Tuesday in front of the House Ways and Means Committee that is investigating Mississippi’s misuse of welfare funds.

Favre told committee members about the diagnosis while at a hearing titled “Reforming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): States’ Misuse of Welfare Funds Leaves Poor Families Behind”, according to ABC News.

During the hearing, the Hall of Famer told committee members that state officials “failed to protect federal TANF funds from fraud and abuse” and then tried to blame Favre.

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While testifying, Favre said that “When this started, I didn’t know what TANF was. Now I know TANF is one of the country’s most important welfare programs to help people in need.”

He went on to say that he “lost an investment in a company that I believe was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others, and I’m sure you’ll understand why it’s too late for me, because I recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s.”

Favre, who played for 20 years in the NFL and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016, has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a Mississippi welfare program. He is currently under a gag order placed on him and others by a Mississippi judge who are being sued by the state.

Although not criminally charged, he is among more than three dozen defendants in a civil lawsuit filed in 2022, which demands repayment of money that was misspent through TANF.

In 2020, Favre was accused by Mississippi Auditor Shad White of improperly receiving $1.1 million in speaking fees from a nonprofit organization that spent welfare with approval from the state Department of Human Services. White said Favre did not show up for the speeches. Although Favre repaid the $1.1 million, he still owes nearly $730,000 in interest, White added.

The TANF money was to go toward a volleyball arena at the University of Southern Mississippi. Favre agreed to lead fundraising efforts for the facility at his alma mater, where his daughter started playing on the volleyball team in 2017.

A nonprofit group called the Mississippi Community Education Center made two payments of welfare money to Favre Enterprises, the athlete’s business: $500,000 in December 2017 and $600,000 in June 2018.

Court records show that on Dec. 27, 2017, Favre texted the center’s director, Nancy New: “Nancy Santa came today and dropped some money off (two smiling emojis) thank you my goodness thank you.”

“Yes he did,” New responded. “He felt you had been pretty good this year!”

New pleaded guilty in April 2022 to charges of misspending welfare money, as did her son Zachary New, who helped run the nonprofit. They await sentencing and have agreed to testify against others.