So the Congress in its infinite wisdom of investigating the GSA wasting hundreds of thousands of tax payer dollars is holding four congressional hearings on the subject. That in itself is a waste of money.
Monday’s hearing is just the start of Congress’s probe into dubious GSA spending. On Tuesday, the Transportation Committee’s subpanel on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management – headed by Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) – will take another shot at the embattled agency. And Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), head of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services Subpanel, have both scheduled hearings on the topic Wednesday.
Unsurprisingly, the man responsible for the Las Vegas boondoggle said the following:
Mr, Chairman, on the advice of my counsel I respectfully decline to answer based upon my Fifth Amendment constitutionally privilege