‘Golden Fleece’ award, trade and highway bills part of Congressional work
May 25, 2015
As lawmakers prepared for the Memorial Day recess, Congress faced several tough issues including highway funding and trade, and one representative is resurrecting a decades-old award.
The following is a breakdown of the week for Arkansas' Congressional delegation:
‘GOLDEN FLEECE' AWARD MAKING A COMEBACK
An award created four decades ago to show wasteful spending in government will shine the light on current examples of government waste, Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, said Wednesday. Hill said on the House floor he plans to re-establish the Golden Fleece Award, first created in 1975 by then-Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wisc.