Ashley Moody & Joni Ernst’s Stop Secret Spending Act Receives National Taxpayers Union “No-Brainer” Recognition for Bipartisan Legislation Congress Should Pass
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Taxpayers Union announced that Senator Ashley Moody and Senator Joni Ernst’s Stop Secret Spending Act has been listed on the 15th annual National Taxpayers Union’s (NTU) “No-Brainers” list. The annual “No-Brainers” list includes ten pieces of legislation that have garnered bipartisan and widespread support in order to solve real world problems facing this country.
Currently, billions of dollars in spending are hidden from public disclosure through “Other Transactions Agreements,” or OTAs. The Stop Secret Spending Act requires OTAs to be disclosed in the same manner as grants, contracts, loans, and other government expenditures on the public website USAspending.gov, so Americans can view who is receiving their tax dollars and for what purpose.
Senator Ashley Moody said, “Since coming to Washington nine months ago, it has become increasingly apparent why people get so frustrated with Congress—and I cannot blame them. There are major spending problems here in the swamp. We are over $38 trillion in debt, and solutions must be implemented to curb this reckless addiction to spending other people’s money. The Stop Secret Spending Act is a bipartisan answer to ending these backdoor deals that are exacerbating Washington’s fiscal insanity. Thank you to the National Taxpayers Union for the recognition of our bipartisan bill on your ‘No Brainers’ list. My colleagues and I are willing to work together, across to aisle, to tackle this issue once and for all, save taxpayer dollars and put this country back on the right financial path.”
Last year, more than $18 billion in government spending was hidden from taxpayers by using OTAs and, from fiscal years 2020-2022, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that more than $40 billion was hidden from the public through OTAs. Joining Senators Moody and Ernst on the bipartisan legislation are Senators Gary Peters, James Lankford and Bernie Moreno.
