Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement after the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Justice today released a report entitled:
“Audit of Department of Justice Conference Planning and Food and Beverage Cost.”
Grassley is Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee which has jurisdiction of the Justice Department.
“$16 muffins and $600,000 for event planning services are what make Americans cynical about government and why they are demanding change. The Justice Department appears to be blind to the economic realities our country is facing. People are outraged, and rightly so. The Inspector General’s office just gave a blueprint for the first cuts that should be made by the super committee.”