Investigating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse of Taxpayer Money
After more than three years of a Democrat-controlled Congress, the total national debt increased to more than $13 trillion. This unsustainable path threatens future prosperity and economic opportunity for our children and grandchildren. Regardless of the nation’s fiscal challenges, and indeed because of them, the American people expect elected officials to spend taxpayer resources wisely and efficiently.
The public continues to learn about the waste and abuse of taxpayer money in the Administration’s handling of the so-called stimulus funds. From the first days of the current Democrat Administration, Republicans worked successfully to defund the liberal activist organization ACORN. Building on this success, Republicans will continue to investigate the manner in which agency officials spend taxpayer money and support commonsense solutions in Congress to rein in wasteful Washington spending.
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Investigations into Waste, Fraud, and Abuse with Stimulus Funds
- Oversight letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan requesting information on allocation and oversight monitoring of stimulus funds (February 27, 2009)
- Senior Republican Member John Kline oversight letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius regarding reports of improper use of stimulus funds by TANF recipients in New York (September 9, 2009)
- Senior Republican Member John Kline expresses concern over Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s proposal to permit more education stimulus funds be spent on administration rather than in the classroom (September 10, 2009)
- Press Release: Kline Statement on Stimulus Job Creation Claims (October 30, 2009)
- Left Turn: Status of the Stimulus: Fuzzy Math, Wasteful Spending – and Unemployment Still Rising (October 4, 2009)
- Press Release: House Republicans Call for Hearing on Rising Unemployment and Erroneous Job Reports (November 20, 2009)
- Press Release: GAO Finds Oversight Lacking at Department of Education (November 19, 2009)
- Waste, Fraud, and Abuse with Stimulus Funds at Head Start Centers
Republican Efforts to Eliminate Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
House Republicans Adopt a Moratorium on Earmarks
Republican Efforts to Eliminate Federal Funding for ACORN
Republicans Introduce the “Priorities in Education Spending Act” to Focus Resources on Programs that Work
Committee Oversight of Minority Serving Institutions
Safeguarding the Student Visa System
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