WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today is following up on the response he received from the Secretary of Transportation about the costs of the 2009 Cash for Clunkers program.
Grassley said he is seeking more information about data provided by the Department of Transportation, which said the program created or saved 60,000 jobs, as well as more detail regarding the Department’s responses on agreements with contractors and other agencies.
The senator said he appreciated the response he got from the Secretary to his January inquiry. “The additional questions I have today are focused on completing the picture in the interest of transparency and accountability,” he said. The federal Cash for Clunkers program spent $3 billion in about one month. “If there’s another short-term program along these lines in the future, policy makers and administrators should have the benefit of knowing what happened with Cash for Clunkers, both good and bad,” Grassley said.
March letter to the Secretary of Transportation