U.S. Reps. Barr, Peters introduce bill to enhance financial oversight
U.S. Reps. Andy Barr (R-KY) and Scott Peters (D-CA) reintroduced legislation that seeks to create an annual report to enhance bipartisan oversight of the country’s finances. The Fiscal State of the Nation Act (H.R. 7026) would require the Comptroller General of the United States to present an annual, nonpartisan presentation to a joint hearing of the House and Senate Budget Committees regarding the financial state of the nation as well as future trends. The joint hearing would also be open...
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