[ [link removed] ]Katie Porter for Senate



Each year, Congress and defense lobbyists play a game. Defense lobbyists
push for more spending than is necessary, and lawmakers–too afraid to look
weak on defense–give in. It’s the taxpayers who lose.

In yesterday’s Oversight Committee Hearing I turned that game around on
Department of Defense (DOD) officials with a game called “JeoparDOD." 

The answers to these questions are troubling. Here are a few of them:

* Which President allowed defense spending to grow by $100 billion in
four years?

* Who is Donald Trump

* What program is $183 billion dollars over budget and ten years behind
schedule?

* What is the F-35 program

* What has the Department of Defense failed to pass for years?

* What is an audit

* What percentage of DOD’s assets can it not account for?

* What is 61%

Look, John, if my
kids couldn’t tell me where 61% of their allowance had gone, I wouldn’t
give them more allowance. Our military isn’t benefiting from this lack of
financial oversight. Just one group is: Big Defense Contractors.

Defense contractors and corporations' pockets are being padded thanks to
their influence in politics. In fact, defense contractors spent $101
million on lobbying in just the first three quarters of 2022.

Lax Pentagon oversight coupled with a lack of accountability is wasteful,
reckless, and unacceptable. As a champion of oversight, I’m going to keep
pushing against leaders in both parties to make sure taxpayer dollars
aren’t handouts to private defense contractors.

Katie Porter



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