If Republicans reclaim the House in the November midterms one of their top agenda items must be investigating the misuse and at times outright theft of COVID-19 relief funds.
As important as investigating the illegal hijacking of our relief programs is exposing how Democrats used the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan to reward support groups like the teachers unions that helped elect Biden. For instance, what happened to the $190 billion allocated to the nation’s schools?
We may never know."According to a ProPublica analysis of more than 16,000 of the reports covering March 2020 to September 2020, just over half of the $3 billion in aid was categorized as"other," providing no insight into how the funds were allocated." Republicans in Congress are spoiling for the fight, critical of COVID-19 relief money flowing to pickleball courts and sprucing up golf courses, and eager to hold Democrats accountable.
But to earn the public’s trust, they need to do more. They must channel the Tea Party’s bold agenda and put a lid on spending, or their leadership moment will be brief indeed. Liz Peek is a Fox News contributor and former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim & Company. A former columnist for the Fiscal Times, she writes for The Hill and contributes frequently to Fox News, the New York Sun and other publications. For more visit LizPeek.com. Follow her on Twitter @LizPeek.
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