The $18 Million Cover-Up

It’s hard to find the words when you realize exactly how your hard-earned money is being spent in Washington. As a mama, a taxpayer, and a proud Iowan, I’m used to hearing that there’s “no room in the budget.”​

We’re told there isn’t enough for our local public schools. There isn’t enough to adequately fund healthcare or the fight against cancer. Yet, somehow, there is always enough for two things: foreign wars and protecting the reputations of powerful people.

The $18 Million “Slush Fund”

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives had a chance to choose transparency. They had a chance to release the names of members of Congress who have used a taxpayer-funded “slush fund” (totaling over $18 million) to pay off victims of sexual harassment and keep them quiet.​Instead of transparency, 357 members of Congress voted to BURY the resolution in committee.​

Iowa’s Silence

What hurts the most is seeing our own representatives, Zach Nunn, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Ashley Hinson, and Randy Feenstra, ALL vote to keep these names hidden.

​Randy Feenstra is currently asking for your vote to become our next Governor. He says he wants to lead Iowa, but how can we trust a leader who votes to keep the public in the dark about who is using our money to cover up “deplorable” behavior?​

We deserve better! We deserve leaders like Zach Lahn, who understand that public service is about accountability to the people, not protecting the “old boys’ club” in D.C.​

It’s time to STOP the excuses! 🛑

If we have $18 million for hush money, $1 billion a day on a war in Iran, we have money for our kids and our health.