Member Statements

• Senator Claire McCaskill D (MO)
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Agenda

The federal government spends billions of dollars every year on contracts for food service management at military installations and bases, hospitals, and government buildings and through the federal school lunch program. The purpose of the hearing was to examine whether food service management contractors are withholding rebates, discounts, and credits which should be passed through to the federal government. The hearing reviewed examples of this practice and assess steps taken by agencies to ensure that contractors are in compliance with rebate requirements. The hearing also addressed the need for increased transparency, oversight, and accountability.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• The Honorable  Phyllis K. Fong

  Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Chair, Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency
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• John F. Carroll

  Assistant Attorney General

  Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York
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• Charles Tiefer

  Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law

  and Former Commissioner Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
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