Wayne Allard: “The Allard amendment is a commonsense amendment. It looks at those programs that are rated as ineffective by the Office…”

“The Allard amendment is a commonsense amendment. It looks at those programs that are rated as ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget. It is a nonpartisan process. It was set up by the Congress more than 10 years ago. It is time the Congress expect some accountability in that program itself. One can look on expectmore.gov which lists the agencies that are performing and those that are not. Some of these programs are my favorite programs. I voted for them and support them. But we have to bring accountability so that when we are supporting a program, it actually does what it says it is going to do; that all the money doesn't go to the bureaucracy and none of it gets to the beneficiaries. We are trying to bring some accountability to this process. That is the reason for the amendment. My hope is that the Senate will vote for this in strong numbers so we can send a message to agencies that they need to begin to get their act in order, those that are rated as ineffective. We need to, in the committee process, refer to this rating. Let's put them on record in committee meetings to hold them accountable for their programs.”