Senate’s newest committee ‘gathering momentum’ after years-long effort to get established, says chair

Rather than parsing individual Senator expense claims, Senator David Wells says AOVS has focused on ensuring that the systems that approve such claims are ‘sound.’
It's been six years since the Senate's Audit and Oversight Committee was first created in the wake of the Upper Chamber's expense scandal.

After a long road to get the Senate Audit and Oversight Committee established, chair Marty Klyne says the Upper Chamber’s youngest standing body is “gathering momentum” in its efforts to bring new oversight to Senate spending. 

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