MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman Sanders Announces Senate Budget Committee Hearing on Wasteful Pentagon Spending
WASHINGTON, May 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced that the Senate Budget Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday, May 12 at 11 a.m., on “Waste, Fraud, Cost Overruns, and Auditing at the Pentagon.” Over the past 20 years, the military industrial complex has spent over $2.6 billion in lobbying and campaign contributions to influence Congress. Currently, the U.S.