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Top House Oversight Democrat demands answers on Reflecting Pool renovation ‘failure’
Hickenlooper says the rushed, no-bid project wasted more than $16 million and left the pool with algae and peeling sealant.
- Senator John Hickenlooper demanded President Donald Trump personally repay taxpayers for over $16 million spent on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation, which resulted in algae growth and peeling sealant after rushed, no-bid contracts bypassing competitive bidding.
- Trump blamed the Reflecting Pool problems on alleged vandalism, but Hickenlooper rejected this, attributing the issues to administrative incompetence and rushed preparations.
- President Trump abruptly refused to sign the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, preferring to prioritize the SAVE America Act, which surprised some members of his own party.
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Top House Oversight Democrat demands answers on Reflecting Pool renovation ‘failure’
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is demanding answers about the renovation work at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, after algae bloomed and paint peeled shortly after the project’s completion. Garcia addressed these concerns in Wednesday letters to the two construction firms awarded no-bid federal…
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