State's Hill to shake out old 'Golden Fleece'State's Hill to shake out old 'Golden Fleece'
Washington, DC,
May 22, 2015
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By Sarah Wire of the ADG
U.S. Rep. French Hill will call out federal agencies or employees that misuse or waste federal money through a "Golden Fleece" award, he announced Wednesday on the House floor...
U.S. Rep. French Hill will call out federal agencies or employees that misuse or waste federal money through a "Golden Fleece" award, he announced Wednesday on the House floor. The award will revive a 13-year project begun by former U.S. Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., who announced 168 monthly winners of the Golden Fleece award between 1975 and 1988. "I rise today to re-establish the Golden Fleece award to once again uncover and bring public attention to the wasteful spending of our federal government," Hill said on the House floor. "The Golden Fleece award will highlight some of the most egregious examples of government waste of hardworking taxpayers' dollars and shed new light on some of the rampant, unnecessary spending by the federal government," the Arkansas Republican said. In an interview afterward, Hill said he got the idea from watching Proxmire while working as a staff member on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs in the early 1980s. "I always personally enjoyed Bill Proxmire's passion around uncovering what he perceived to be waste in federal spending programs across the government, highlighting it and calling the attention of the American taxpayers," Hill said.... |
