Dear Representative Foxx

Nearly two months ago, I sent a letter to you asking for an explanation of your consistent voting in favor of emergency funding for the Iraq war in spite of the fact that the money is “not accountable” to the American people.

Remember, you were one of only 11 members of Congress to vote against reconstruction aid after Hurricane Katrina, supposedly because the spending was not accountable to the American people.

In my letter, which was published in the local papers, I noted that the Iraq Study Group agreed, saying that funding for the first three years of the war was not accounted to Congress nor accountable to taxpayers.

Now, more than $300 billion later, we learn that about one in six dollars charged by U.S. contractors is “questionable.”  David Walker, head of the auditing arm of Congress, said: “There is no accountability.  Organizations charged with overseeing contracts are not held accountable.  Contractors are not held accountable.  The individuals responsible are not held accountable.”

So, Representative Foxx, I ask you once again, why have you consistently voted to spend billions upon billions upon billions of tax payer dollars on a non-accountable war?  And what are you, as a conservative, going to do to stop it?  Finally, why have you not answered my letter?

I have repeatedly heard that you are responsive to your constituents.  Frankly, your silence on this issue is deafening.