Bai Lan
Let It Rot
Oh you want quotes? OK:
"In a letter to four congressional committee chairs Thursday, two officials in charge of a new government watchdog entity revealed that the Trump administration had issued legal rulings curtailing independent oversight of Cares Act funding."
"The letter from the inspectors general and Mnuchin’s insistence that the PPP data will not be released come after the White House has repeatedly rebuffed efforts to scrutinize where the taxpayer funding is going."
"Mnuchin surprised many lawmakers last week when he announced he would not allow the names of Paycheck Protection Program recipients to become public after the Trump administration had said for months that the data would eventually be disclosed."
"According to the previously undisclosed letter, Treasury Department attorneys concluded that the administration is not required to provide the watchdogs with information about the beneficiaries of programs created by the Cares Act’s “Division A.” That section includes some of the most controversial and expensive programs in the coronavirus response efforts, including the administration’s massive bailout for small businesses and nearly $500 billion in loans for corporations."
A key congressional Republican also expressed concern about the Treasury Department’s interpretation of the law and its impact on transparency. “American taxpayers have a right to know how their money is being spent,” said Blair Taylor, a spokeswoman for Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.). “Neither the letter nor the spirit of the law limit the accountability committee’s purview in that regard. Chairman Shelby is supportive of clarifying that in subsequent legislation, if necessary.”
See, because you're a hack, you refuse to accept any truth that dares shatter the safe space you've created for yourself because of how much of a wimp and loser you are.
biden can release it with an executive order. will he?