Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee and senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations ...

without legislative approval.” The audit noted that the agency has drafted updated legislation to address inconsistencies, but it has not been introduced yet. Despite legal mandates dating back ...

It is the only major federal agency that has never passed a clean audit, as required by law ... director of the National ...

but 92 percent are approved by a court on appeal. And a spokesperson confirmed that even if the four-week window is too narrow to approve a request to conclude, the agency gives higher priority to ...