Hill Awards Golden Fleece to State Department for Suspending the Processing of All Passport Applications

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Rep. French Hill (AR-02) named the State Department as the latest recipient of the Golden Fleece Award for needlessly delaying more than 1.6 million passport applications. "While the State Department was quick to respond to the coronavirus’ outbreak at the beginning of the year, it made the wrong decision to…

Rep. Hill Awards Golden Fleece to the Defense Department for Giving Nearly One Billion Dollars' Worth of Contracts to Vendors Who Didn't Meet Proper Requirements

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WASHINGTON D.C. — This week, Representative French Hill (AR-02) named the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award, a monthly bulletin on the most frivolous and wasteful uses of hardworking taxpayers’ dollars, for awarding 27 contracts valued at $827.8 million to 16 companies that did not meet the requirements of…

Rep. Hill Issues First Golden Fleece of the New Decade

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Congressman French Hill (R-AR) named the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as the first winner of the Golden Fleece Award in 2020 for failing to issue fines and against clinical trial sponsors who did not disclose their trial results within one calendar year. In 2017, the FDA gained the ability to charge violators who did not disclose trial results $10,000 per…

LOST IN TRANSPORTATION: Rep. Hill Awards Golden Fleece to DOT for Losing Nearly $3 Million in Laptops

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) named the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for failing to account for an estimated 34.3 percent of laptops purchased between 2013 and 2017.  “DOT has earned my Golden Fleece this month not only for losing nearly $3 million in taxpayer-purchased equipment, but…

SPACED OUT: Rep. Hill Awards Golden Fleece to NASA for Taxpayer-Funded Drug Review of Private Contractors

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) named the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for using taxpayer funds to conduct illegal drug workplace reviews of federal contractors.  “The fact that federal contractors for NASA are…

DERAILED: Rep. Hill Awards Golden Fleece to Amtrak for Losing $4.1 Million in Equipment

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) named the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak, as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for being unable to account for $4.1 million in equipment due to a lack of proper asset management controls. "As the recipient of billions of dollars in U.S.…

Rep. Hill's Golden Fleece Spurs Action by Fannie-Freddie Regulator to Close Loophole on GSE Executive Pay

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a new directive that closed a loophole previously allowing executives of the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to earn more than the congressionally mandated pay cap of $600,000. In May of this year, Congressman Hill featured…

Rep. Hill Awards Golden Fleece to FEMA for Poor Management of Hurricane Recovery Funds

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman French Hill (AR-02) named the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as this month’s recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for reimbursement mismanagement of the Sheltering and Temporary Essential Program (STEP or the program) in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI).  "Government agencies, like…

Rep. Hill Awards Golden Fleece to HHS for Failing to Protect TANF Benefits for American Families

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman French Hill (AR-02) named the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as the latest recipient of the Golden Fleece Award for allowing improper payments to states for enrollees that do not meet Congressionally mandated Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)…

Rep. Hill Awards Golden Fleece to Federal Housing Finance Agency for Breaking CEO Pay Caps

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Congressman French Hill (AR-02) named the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) as the latest recipient of the Golden Fleece Award for its failure, as the regulator of the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to uphold the congressionally mandated pay cap of $600,000 in…

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