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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011

Floor Speech

Date: May 27, 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense

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Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. I thank the gentleman for yielding.

I rise in support of this en bloc amendment, which includes my amendment to improve oversight of contractors in Afghanistan. The United States employs over 100,000 contractors in Afghanistan, and we need to ensure that we have adequate oversight. Reckless behavior by contractors can endanger our mission in Afghanistan, and failure to adequately oversee money can leave billions of taxpayer dollars vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse.

My amendment requires the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction to report to Congress on existing contractor oversight and make recommendations for increasing oversight and preventing contractors with a history of waste, fraud and abuse from getting future contracts.

I would like to thank Chairman Skelton for supporting this amendment, as well as cosponsors Congressmen McGovern, CONYERS, HINCHEY and MORAN.

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