Tom Tancredo News

Reformers in the House of Representatives introduced legislation on Wednesday to curb misconduct and wasteful spending at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), but the bill's chief sponsor said the Corps has broad enough support in Congress to avoid short-term reforms. Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Colorado Republican, and five other lawmakers have sponsored a bill that would require Corps projects to provide higher cost savings and subject proposals that exceed $25 million to an independent review panel. Scientists and former Army Corps officials have said the top U.S. agency responsible for building dams, flood plains and swamps fixed data to justify spending millions of dollars to upgrade aging waterways.