Coburn 'No-bid' Amendment Accepted

U.S. Senator Tom Coburn released the following statement today after the Senate unanimously accepted his amendment to the Defense Department authorization bill which will prohibit Congress from using earmarks to award “no-bid” government contracts and grants.

“Contracts to design or construct military hardware and equipment for our men and women in combat should be awarded based upon merit rather than political connections or calculations. The billions of dollars Congress doles out each year in earmarked projects are essentially ‘no-bid’ grants or contracts handed out to pre-selected, individual recipients. Bypassing the standard competitive grants and contracts process is unacceptable and leaves Congress no way of guaranteeing taxpayer dollars are going to the most cost-efficient and qualified entity to perform a service,” Coburn said.

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