WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego issued the following press release:
Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, joined his Democratic colleagues on the Committee in demanding answers from Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum regarding the Department's rushed rehabilitation project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
In the letter (https://us.list-manage.com/4Lgns0yfbkQ?e=8a70c8b936&c2id=c2f9e8fb7b156a42dac434c3aaf17f7c), Senator Gallego and his colleagues note that the issues facing the reflecting pool are not simply maintenance concerns, but failures in project execution and government oversight.
Following the award of a no-bid contract and a drastic...