Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson came under scrutiny at an appearance before the House Appropriations Committee’s Transportation, Housing and Urban Development subcommittee over spending controls at HUD.
Speaking about HUD’s fiscal 2019 budget, his hearing March 20 in front of the subcommittee began with questions about public accounts of the agency spending $31,000 on a new dining room table – a move which since has been canceled, but also called into question public pronouncements of who approved what and when.
Read on for details from the hearing and how the controversy led Carson to initiate steps to “correct lax internal processes and controls.”
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