Watchdog wants Lord to testify about $700M loan to trucking company

By Tony Bertuca / December 1, 2020 at 5:14 PM
The bipartisan Congressional Oversight Commission established to review COVID-19 stimulus spending wants Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord to testify about the Defense Department's support for a $700 million loan to a financially troubled trucking company. The commission, in a new report , says it wants Lord to appear at a Dec. 10 hearing alongside Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, but says Lord "initially responded she was unavailable." Lord's office did not immediately respond to an inquiry about whether she will appear...

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