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.
In the American Recovery Act, otherwise known as the stimulus bill, there is some very good language and good provisions...
Now the challenge is to make sure that the billions of dollars provided by that law achieve the purpose of boosting our ...
I think that Senator McCaskill has raised an important point, and it is a point that I had intended to raise as well.
The more eyes that we have on this spending, the better.
It is critical to do so in a responsible and transparent way.
Right now I believe that they are hopeful, but they are also skeptical, of whether we can spend this much needed money w...
These funds must be disbursed quickly to meet the goal of stimulating the economy.
It would indeed be unfortunate and ironic if money is lost to waste, fraud, and abuse because States had insufficient fu...
I think a lot of the work that you are doing, while extremely worthwhile, is probably the tip of the iceberg.
As much as 7 percent of the Recovery Act funds may be lost to fraud and abuse.
