NEWS RELEASE: Senator Moody Works to Expose Government Waste with Passage of Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Ashley Moody is working to expose government waste as a cosponsor of the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act which passed the Senate unanimously last night. The legislation requires the disclosure of any government project that is $1 billion over budget or five years behind schedule.

Senator Ashley Moody said, "Government projects that go over budget and past deadline waste hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars every year. I'm proud to cosponsor the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act and work to ensure that our government spends our hard-earned funds responsibly."

This bill would apply to some of the worst boondoggles uncovered by the Senators, including:

• The Department of Veterans Affairs' electronic health record system upgrade that has tripled in cost from an initial $16.1 billion price tag to $49.8 billion.
  • Additionally, flaws with the new system may have contributed to the deaths of several veterans and caused harm to others.
• The Bay Area Rail Transit Extension - that Nancy Pelosi tried to sneak funding for into a COVID relief bill - has ballooned in costs from $4.7 billion to $12.8 billion.
  • At nearly $2 billion per mile, it has been labeled "the worst new transit project in the U.S."

Click here to view the bill text.

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