[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 101 (Thursday, June 12, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2811]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. BEAN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BEAN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, $168 billion was the amount the 
Federal Government improperly paid last year. We paid some bills two or 
three times. We paid the wrong invoices altogether. We paid invoices we 
didn't know we paid because there was no tracking mechanism.
  If only, Mr. Speaker, there was a bill to require the Department of 
the Treasury to ensure accuracy and eligibility in Federal spending.
  Wait, there is. I just filed it, Mr. Speaker. It is the Delivering On 
Government Efficiency in Spending Act, DOGE in Spending Act.
  The war on waste, fraud, and abuse begins today by requiring the 
Treasury Department to simply track, verify, and cross-check payments. 
That is what the DOGE in Spending Act will do.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve accountability and 
transparency. I urge all my colleagues to join me, and I am saving a 
cosponsorship for each of them.
  Mr. Speaker, let's deliver results. Let's go get them.

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