Democratic leaders comment on audit

OKLAHOMA CITY –Senate Democratic Leader Kay Floyd and House Democratic Leader Cyndi Munson released the following statements regarding the Single Audit Report for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2021.

“The findings in the state auditor’s report are deeply concerning. The people of Oklahoma entrust their elected officials to make decisions on their behalf and allocate their hard-earned dollars to improve their lives. The corruption, fraud, and abuse revealed in the auditor’s report betrays their trust. It is especially alarming the funds in question were intended to provide pandemic relief. Oklahomans desperately needed help to navigate the upheaval of COVID-19, and those state leaders failed them. Oklahomans deserve better.” –  Senate Democratic Leader Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City.

“House Democrats have and will continue to sound the alarm on the lack of accountability and transparency in state government. We issued formal letters to the state auditor and attorney general because of our concern about the inappropriate use of taxpayer dollars. Throughout this legislative session, we fought against the private school voucher program that would shield public taxpayer dollars from accountability and transparency, but the supermajority overwhelmingly passed legislation that would divert public dollars to pay for private schools. It’s clear Republican leadership, at all levels of state government, has not prioritized addressing the systemic issues that allow for the misspending of public taxpayer dollars.” – House Democratic Leader Cyndi Munson, D-Oklahoma City.

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