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Now that we are two years into the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, it should come as no surprise that several cases discussing whether COVID-19 is an excusable delay have made...
>> reporter: today democrat carl levin and tom so burn will hold a senate hearing to determine exactly what happened to the money and how it could easily flow to companies that never should have been eligible for it. capitol hill watchers say it's a step in the right direction. >> this is a bipartisan issue. government dollars have been spent to cleanup after hurricane katrina, troops in iraq and afghanistan and stimulus money and the money has been often given out to contractors who have done a bad job. there is one solution to this is we need better data, better oversight, more contracting o...
Certify whether they have a significant tax delinquency. that requirement is deterring tax delinquents getting federal contracts. skeptics wonder if companies that haven't paid taxes have any real hesitation about signing a piece of paper falsely representing they have. analysts say the current data bases need to be cleaned up and coordinated so agents can find out if a company that comes looking for taxpayer money is up to date on the own obligation. >> we need better data, better oversight and more contracting offices to be able to track this. only then will we get value for taxpayer dollars...
And their ceo, last company was a dot-com company that went bankrupt. >> the federal government is lousy in its contracting. when you add on top of that the element of speed where the contracting offices and the agencies are being pushed to hurry up and get these dollars out and these grants out, quickly, all you are doing is making it harder for them to make good choices. >> reporter: the omb says to senator grassley they are concerned about the the states' capacity to police our money and what that means in english, martha, they are concerned we are getting ripped off. back to you. martha: h...