Lawmakers Seek Answers on Pentagon Employees' Casino, Strip Club Charges

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Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) joined a bipartisan group of Representatives calling on Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to implement new reforms aimed at preventing millions of dollars being misused by Department of Defense (DoD) personnel on government travel credit cards. An August 2016 Inspector General (IG) Report found that DoD failed to take appropriate actions to resolve the issues highlighted by the previous audit including travel cards illegally being used to gamble at casinos and at adult entertainment establishments.

Earlier this year, Congressman Gosar submitted a bipartisan language request to the House Appropriations Committee for the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Defense Appropriations bill seeking to retain his rider which prohibits DoD travel card funds from being used for gambling and adult entertainment. The Congressman's language request to the House Appropriations Committee can be found HERE. This language was identical to the Gosar amendment that was unanimously adopted by the House during FY2016 in the form of H.AMDT.496 and subsequently signed into law.

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