August 2009 Washington Times Column
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Let sunshine in on spending
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/27/let-sunshine-in-on-spending/print/
Six months have now passed since the stimulus law (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) was passed hurriedly by Congress in February. Billions of our hard-earned tax dollars were injected into the ailing economy. In that mad rush, we were told there wasn't time to work out all the details. Few of us in Congress voting on the bill knew where the money was headed.