Following is the prepared testimony delivered by John Hart, Chief Executive Officer of OpenTheBooks.org, the Illinois-based non-profit watchdog that makes public official spending at all levels of government.
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His testimony was delivered Tuesday, April 8, before the government efficiency subcommittee of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). New Mexico Democrat Rep. Angela Stansbury is the Ranking Member.
Madame Chair Greene, Ranking Member Stansbury, and distinguished members, as we gather in this cavernous auditorium, we have an opportunity to reflect on not just the costly problem Madame Chair Greene described in her opening statement but its root cause.
Today’s expansive, excessive – and sometimes opulent – federal real estate portfolio is both a monument
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