For decades, there have been unsettling reports detailing an enormous amount of waste, cost overruns, and cases of financial mismanagement within the Pentagon. After 33 years of a congressional mandate, the Pentagon remains the only federal agency that cannot successfully pass an independent audit.
Every year, countless programs that help working-class families go underfunded as Congress tells people there isn't enough money in the budget. Meanwhile, Congress is on deck to hand the Pentagon nearly a trillion dollars in 2024 with little accountability for a track record of graft and greed.
I believe in the importance of transparency and accountability, especially when it comes to government resources. That’s why I’m writing to ask you to join a bipartisan group of senators to support and pass the Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023 (S. 2054).
By doing so, you’ll help send a clear, crucial message that financial accountability is not optional, but a mandatory duty.
First sent on September 27, 2023 by Jess Craven
