Two House Democrats are questioning a $49,900 “emergency” paint job for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s government-supplied home, seeking to capitalize on the expense as antithetical to Donald Trump’s cost-cutting drive.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and Connecticut’s Rosa DeLauro demanded an explanation from Hegseth in a letter Friday, as well as answers to several other questions about his housing maintenance and repairs, which they said total $137,297.
“Why is $49,900 for emergency painting necessary and how does that use of funds comply with the Administration’s stated goal of government efficiency?” they wrote. They also asked what monthly rent ...
