{"id":1520712,"date":"2022-06-17T12:35:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T16:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1520712"},"modified":"2022-06-17T12:35:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T16:35:42","slug":"sen-romney-white-house-covid-funding-request-was-not-transparent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-romney-white-house-covid-funding-request-was-not-transparent\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Romney: White House COVID funding request was not transparent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-romney-white-house-covid-funding-request-was-not-transparent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1520712&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2637255\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2637255\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2637255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22011628213308.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, questions witnesses during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to COVID-19 and new emerging variants, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Shawn Thew\/Pool via AP)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22011628213308.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AP22011628213308-315x210-1.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AP22011628213308-655x437-1.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AP22011628213308-768x512-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2637255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, questions witnesses during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Shawn Thew\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 9:20 AM PT \u2013 Friday, June 17 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has accused the White House of not being transparent with how it spent COVID relief funds. The Utah lawmaker made the accusation during a Senate COVID hearing with administration officials Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>While questioning Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Dawn O\u2019Connell, Romney asked why the administration had misled legislators while requesting pandemic aid. The senator claimed the White House had said it was unable to procure additional therapeutics and vaccines, but was suddenly able to do so in June.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe have runaway inflation, yet this administration has recklessly and unilaterally spent taxpayer money and has failed to be transparent with Congress about it,\u201d noted the Republican. \u201cTheir careless stewardship and dishonesty tears at the trust relationship our branches of government operate on.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Months ago, the Administration asked Congress for new funding to purchase COVID-19 therapeutics. Later, their plea proved misleading when they diverted existing funds to make the purchase\u2014exposing that additional taxpayer money was unnecessary. This dishonesty is unacceptable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/krBtoaKW5I\">pic.twitter.com\/krBtoaKW5I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorRomney\/status\/1537479952878252042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Romney alleged the White House knew it was feasible to purchase such means, but chose to disperse funds towards other endeavors.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/okla-gubernatorial-candidate-retired-swat-officer-outlines-school-safety-plan\/\">Okla. Gubernatorial Candidate, Retired SWAT Officer Outlines School Safety Plan<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, questions witnesses during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Shawn Thew\/Pool via AP) OAN NEWSROOMUPDATED 9:20 AM PT \u2013 Friday, June 17 2022 Sen. 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