While this is a great catchphrase, it could not be further from the reality that we're experiencing right now. As we talked about yesterday, as required by law, a few weeks ago, The Department sent this committee a plan for how it will be spending appropriated funds this year under the cr. But instead of providing Congress and the American people with any information about how the Department is spending tens of billions of taxpayer dollars, there are only asterisks in place of spending levels for over 530 programs. In no other job under the sun can you essentially leave blank how you are spending billions of dollars. This is flatly unacceptable when we are talking about taxpayer dollars and the people I represent deserve better. (00:54–01:23)
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