Enyart, McKinley Introduce Plan to Cut Waste, Invest in Infrastructure

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U.S. Congressmen David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) and Bill Enyart (D-IL) introduced a bipartisan bill, The Protection Against Wasteful Spending Act 2014, to cut wasteful spending and invest the money saved in improving our roads, bridges, and sewer and water lines.

"At the end of the day, this is just good government," said Enyart. "We need to reduce wasteful spending and better use American's hard earned tax dollars. This bill uses proven cost saving measures that will reinvest billions from excessive spending into our nation's aging infrastructure. Representative McKinley and I think this is simply financial common sense."

"We want to be a part of the solution for improving our nation's infrastructure," added McKinley. "This bill will make that happen without creating any more financial burden to the American taxpayer. Because this bill will target excessive and wasteful spending across the board, it will provide tens of billions of dollars to fund our nation's infrastructure and sewer and water lines."

The legislation will require IG report recommendations, outlining cost savings opportunities, to be implemented. Items outlined in IG reports include proposals to cut excessive and wasteful spending at federal government agencies and departments.

Last year, a total of $67 billion was identified as waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government by the Inspector General (IG). The IG also reported that 16,900 cost-savings recommendations have not yet been implemented.

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