It is critical. I am very pleased that Maine has the opposite situation of Connecticut.
Now the challenge is to make sure that the billions of dollars provided by that law achieve the purpose of boosting our ...
I would add, it did not reconcile the funding in that Act with the funding that we had just approved.
if you take $787 billion, even if it is a 1 percent loss, you are talking about a huge amount of money
Our vision in authorizing such a core of experienced contracting officials applies exactly to this kind of situation.
The board is meant to ensure coordinated and comprehensive oversight of stimulus spending and provide regular reports to...
It is extraordinarily important that we track the job creation provisions of this bill so that we know whether or not we...
I think if you are looking at re-employing annuitants, we have to take away the huge financial disincentive for them to ...
the intent--indeed, the letter of the stimulus act--requires Federal, State, and local governments, but also private bus...
We intend to very closely and aggressively monitor spending of stimulus money ourselves.
We were pleased that OMB and the Vice President adopted our recommendation, and they are going to clarify that.
Right now I believe that they are hopeful, but they are also skeptical, of whether we can spend this much needed money w...
I appreciate your including that aspect in this hearing.
Preventing fraud in the execution of stimulus funding is a key element to the ultimate success of the Recovery Act.
Striking the right balance between speed and caution has been a challenging task.
the success of the pilot program, in our view, is also very important to striking the right balance, as Senator Collins ...
While there are obvious issues with Congressional oversight, accountability, and transparency with the creation of new c...
This mistake may cost taxpayers about $2.5 million and it could easily have been prevented.
