[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 180 (Thursday, December 5, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H6377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S SEVERE, REPEATED AUDIT FAILURES ARE EMBARRASSING

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the Biden-Harris Education Department has once 
again failed America's hardworking taxpayers.
  For 3 years in a row, the Education Department failed its audit. In 
other words, the Education Department has been unable to manage 
effectively, efficiently, or with any sense of accuracy the resources 
entrusted to it.
  Accuracy, transparency, and consistency are critical when it comes to 
managing finances. The Education Department has taken a different 
approach. Its student loan data was full of errors, and it made up 
estimates it could not defend to its auditor.
  Bungling and bad budgeting appear to be the Education Department's 
blueprint. I can't tell if this is due to general ineptness or 
deliberate wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars, but I can tell you it 
is an embarrassment. The American people deserve better.

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