Government Transparency

"Its time to step back, evaluate our global needs and build a military to match those needsas if we were starting from scratch. Everything our military does must be measured against the benchmark of 'Do we need this to keep America safe?'"

"At a time of limited resources, it is vital that all of our foreign contracts be held to the strictest scrutiny and utmost accountability."

U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced an amendment that would prohibit any federally appropriated highway funds from being used to prevent states from enacting anti-pay-to-play laws. Pay-to-play is a practice where campaign contributions are exchanged for profitable government contracts.

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL) had an amendment signed into law that will provide greater fairness and transparency to homeowners who may have been improperly denied a loan modification on their mortgage without any explanation

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL) introduced a bill to overhaul the federal contracting system by drastically improving oversight procedures. The Federal Contracting Oversight and Reform Act of 2010 aims to repair an ineffective contracting system that allows millions of taxpayer dollars to go to companies with histories of poor performance and misconduct.

"State and local governments have received significant amounts of federal assistance recently, and with that increased funding must come increased oversight and accountability."