[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 30, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, as the Congress considers the defense 
authorization bill--called the NDAA--this week, I hope that my 
amendments to improve the Pentagon's financial management systems and 
crack down on wasteful spending will be supported.
  Thirty years after Congress passed the Chief Financial Officers Act, 
the Department of Defense remains the only executive agency in our 
Federal Government that cannot get a clean audit opinion.
  Every dollar of defense spending should be used to ensure our 
Nation's security and support for our men and women in uniform, which 
is why the Department of Defense needs to be held accountable for 
waste, fraud, and abuse. A clean audit has something to do with proof 
that they can do that.
  I yield the floor.

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