{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.moody.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-moodys-cosponsored-bill-the-stop-secret-spending-act-heads-to-the-presidents-desk/", "Senator Moody\u2019s Cosponsored Bill, The\u00a0Stop Secret Spending\u00a0Act, Heads\u00a0to the President\u2019s Desk", "2026-08-12", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "FL", "Ashley Moody", "M001244", "www.moody.senate.gov", "moody", "https://www.moody.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Legislation Senator Ashley Moody is supporting to bring more transparency to government spending is headed to the President\u2019s desk.Senator Ashley Moody is a cosponsor of the Stop Secret Spending Act. This bipartisan legislation requires the federal government to publicly disclose billions of dollars in spending that is currently being hidden from public view because of being labeled as an \u201cOther Transaction Agreement.\u201d\n\n\u201cWashington has no business hiding how it spends your tax dollars. The Stop Secret Spending Act brings much-needed transparency to a system that has allowed billions of dollars in spending to fly under the radar. Our bosses, the American people, deserve to know how their money is being spent. This legislation is a great step toward restoring accountability, and I look forward to seeing it reach President Trump\u2019s desk,\u201d said Senator Ashley Moody.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nThe Stop Secret Spending Act requires OTAs to be disclosed in the same manner as grants, contracts, loans, and other government expenditures on the public website, USAspending.gov, so Americans can view who is receiving their tax dollars and for what purpose.\n\nLast year, more than $18 billion in government spending was hidden from taxpayers by using OTAs and, from fiscal years 2020-2022, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that more than $40 billion was hidden from the public through OTAs.\n\nThe National Taxpayers Union listed the Stop Secret Spending Act on the 15th annual National Taxpayers Union\u2019s (NTU) \u201cNo-Brainers\u201d list.\n\nRead the bill text here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-13T06:17:16Z", "2026-08-13T06:18:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.moody.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-moodys-cosponsored-bill-the-stop-secret-spending-act-heads-to-the-presidents-desk/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5514669939875603, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}