Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa asked Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to provide a list of “billion-dollar boondoggle” projects funded by the Department of Transportation that are either over budget or behind schedule on Tuesday.
Ernst, in a letter sent Tuesday, requested that Duffy list the projects that are more than $1 billion over budget or five years behind schedule, as required by a provision she authored within the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in November, 2021. Ernst claimed that the Biden administration “refused” to enforce her provision, which she dubbed the “Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act,” requiring a report of projects meeting that criteria to be compiled. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Joni Ernst Introduces Bill To Scale Back Taxpayer-Funded Perks For Ex-Presidents Who Are Rolling In…
