Good
afternoon
-
I
take
seriously
the
responsibility
Iowans
have
entrusted
in
me
to
make
our
government
more
competent
and
less
wasteful.
With
a
growing
national
debt
now
exceeding
$19
trillion,
my
monthly
Squeal
Award
identifies
specific
areas
of
government
abuse,
pork
barrel
spending
and
inefficiencies
that
have
proven
to
be
unnecessary
and
must
be
cut.
Squeal
Award:
$200
Million
to
Duplicative,
Wasteful
Regional
Commissions
Building
on
my
efforts
to
make
Washington
squeal,
I
offered
a
straightforward
amendment
to
cut
$200
million
in
wasteful,
duplicative spending
tacked
on
to
the
Energy
&
Water
Development
and
Related
Agencies
Appropriations
Act.
Click
here
or
the
image
below
to
watch
my
speech
on
the
Senate
floor.
My
amendment
would
eliminate
funding
for
four
“independent”
regional
commissions
that
are
duplicative
of
several
other
programs
that
already
exist
within
the
federal
government
and
only
direct
funding
to
certain
regions
of
the
country.
Even
worse,
these
entities
have
wasted
taxpayer
money
by
awarding
grants
to
questionable projects
such
as:
- $250,000
to
build
a
maple
processing
facility
- $125,930
in
grants
for
a
medicinal
herb
grower's
consortium
- $100,000
to
the
Lake
Placid
Ski
Club
to
build
ski
jumps
- $75,000
for
a
video
game
incubator
While
those
in
Washington
disagree,
$200
million
dollars
is
a
lot
of
money to
us back
in
Iowa. At
a
time
when
every
Iowan's
share
of
the
national
debt
exceeds
$59,000,
I’m
sure
we
can
all
think
of
many
fiscally
sound
ways
to
use
or
save
that
money.
Those
are
dollars
we
simply
cannot
afford
to
waste. This
latest
example
of
wasteful,
duplicative
spending
is
hereby
presented
this
month’s
Squeal
Award.
Do
you
have
an
example
of
government
waste
or
inefficiencies
that
I
should
take
a
look
at?
Send
me
an
email
by clicking
here.
Thank
you!
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