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Joni Ernst: “The Department of the Navy receives about 30% or a little…”

Featuring: Joni Ernst, Republican | U.S. Senate, Iowa

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Joni Ernst Presses Navy Secretary Nominee Phelan About 'Financial Transparency' In The Department

Published | Video Starts at 00:42

And even the areas that are very, very important to me, like the Department of Defense and the Navy as well, they are no exception. So The Department of the Navy receives about 30% or a little more of the defense budget. but there's a lot of financial mismanagement, and we have audit failures that are persisting there. So what reforms will you implement to ensure budget accountability and financial transparency throughout the Department of the Navy? (00:42–00:49)

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Asserts that the Department of the Navy receives approximately 30% of the defense budget.

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