When Congress doles out massive amounts of taxpayer money at breakneck speed, safeguards against abuse, waste and graft aren’t always airtight.
So when Congress raced to pass an 880-page, $2 trillion rescue package for an American economy collapsing amid the coronavirus pandemic, lawmakers added a series of protections against corruption.
Here is who is tasked with the oversight, you will have to go to the original article for the details on how they work:
1) The Congressional Oversight Commission;
2) The Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery;
3) The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee; and
4) General congressional oversight
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