Congressional commission keeps pressure on DOD over trucking company loan

By Tony Bertuca / December 10, 2020 at 3:17 PM
The bipartisan Congressional Oversight Commission charged with reviewing pandemic stimulus spending is pressing Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord to provide more public information about the Defense Department's support for a controversial $700 million loan to a financially troubled trucking company. Lord was not able to appear at a commission hearing today alongside Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, but has agreed to speak to the commission at a later date via teleconference, according to Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), who co-chairs the COC...

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