WASHINGTON – Congress unleashed $2 trillion to deal with the coronavirus crisis. So far, only one person is working to oversee how it is spent.
Bharat Ramamurti is starting out as a watchdog of one, the sole appointee to a five-member Congressional Oversight Commission.
Sheltering at home with preschoolers, Ramamurti has been writing letters and taking to Twitter to try and jump-start his work, asking the Trump administration for “detailed and timely information” about coronavirus payments.
But he's eager for reinforcements. “I’d love to have other members of the committee appointed so we — can all do this together,” says Ramamurti, a former aide to Massachusetts Sen.