Ernst Bill to Stop Secret Spending Advances with Unanimous Support

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs passed Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) Stop Secret Spending Act unanimously with bipartisan support to shine a light on billions of dollars of spending that taxpayers are currently being kept in the dark about.

Washington is hiding the details about billions of dollars of secret spending deals inconspicuously labeled as “other transaction agreements” (OTAs). This legislation provides an accounting of how all taxpayer dollars are being secretly spent and requires OTAs, like other government expenditures, to be publicly available on USAspending.gov.

“We all know there is wasteful spending everywhere you look in Washington, but we can’t stop what we can’t see. Americans have a right to know where their hard-earned dollars are going, and I’m making sure the public is informed of any other secret schemes. As my Stop Secret Spending Act moves forward, we get closer to being able to review the hidden receipts and request some refunds,” said Senator Joni Ernst.

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