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Is his staff so incompetent that they didn't check this out?
Sen. Grassley Says Heads Should ‘Roll’ Over Non-Existent $16 Muffin Scandal | ThinkProgress
A Justice Department inspector general audit released last week has generated a lot of buzz on Capitol Hill over the suggestion that the agency has been spending too much on food at taxpayer-funded conferences. Some have interpreted the report to mean that DoJ spent as much as $16 per muffin at one event — which is pure fiction.
But to hear Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) tell the tale, this is the worst example of extravagant “elitist” spending in government since Marie Antoinette declared, “Let them eat cake!” The Iowa conservative even said yesterday that heads should roll over the incident:
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Sen. Grassley Says Heads Should ‘Roll’ Over Non-Existent $16 Muffin Scandal | ThinkProgress