On the recordMay 18, 2016
The article lists program after program, many of which our generals did not ask for, that have cost taxpayers billions without making us any safer. Clearly, we also need to audit the Pentagon. That is why I am pleased the House adopted the Burgess-Lee amendment yesterday to require a report on auditability and help keep moving toward auditing the Pentagon. While we were working on that, we should take every opportunity to address Pentagon spending. The article in The New York Times sets forth: ``The waste and the budget games continue with the House Armed Services Committee approving a $583 billion total defense authorization.''
