Political Quotes

“The Oversight and Reform Committee marked up the DATA Act without holding a single hearing about the advisability of creating additional, duplicative reporting requirements for grantees, subgrantees, contractors and subcontractors. The reporting requirements imposed by this bill would affect local and state governments, colleges and universities, and private sector federal contractors and subcontractors. I ask unanimous consent to include for the Record statements from the National Governors Association, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, National Association of Chief Information Officers, International City/County Management Association, National Association of State Budget Officers, National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers, Government Finance Officers Association, and George Mason University opposing this legislation. The authors of this bill believe that creating these additional regulations on the private sector and mandates on state and local governments will cost $51 million per year, which is the new spending authorized by the DATA Act. That only represents the direct cost, not the indirect costs taxpayers will bear if local and state governments and colleges and universities must spend more money filing paperwork to comply with the requirements of this bill. That cost also does not account for the costs to private sector businesses to comply with new regulations imposed by this bill.…”