Weekly Spotlight: Another Busy Week on the Hill

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It was an eventful week on the Hill, and we have some promising developments to report back to you.

A bill that would rectify the existing “labyrinthian process” for obtaining ethics documents like financial disclosures and agreements from executive branch officials — the Executive Branch Accountability and Transparency Act — passed through committee in the House. This is a big win: We’ve been advocating for a database like this one for years.

We submitted testimony to a hearing on the threats a reinstated Schedule F would pose to national security. Our Policy Analyst Joe Spielberger highlighted the important moments of the hearing and his takeaways on X.

Finally, we were thrilled hat a member of the House Armed Services Committee who has been a longtime champion and partner on the issue of Pentagon accountability asked defense industry witnesses some pointed questions about price gouging during a Monday hearing on Pentagon contracting.

This is progress on a diversity of issues, and we have horses in all these races, so to speak. We’re pleased to see the needle moving on important legislation, and will continue to be a part of important conversations.

TESTIMONY

POGO to Congress: Protect Our National Security from Schedule F

Protecting whistleblowers, not politicizing the civil service, is key to ensuring our national security and improving executive branch accountability.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“The biggest harm is public policy is skewed away from what benefits the country to what benefits the individual and their family.”

Danielle Brian, Executive Director, in BNN Bloomberg