We must audit the government and simplify the code to provide more transparency. In Congress, I will work to cut back the bureaucratic red tape and make it easier for the American people to hold their government accountable.
Audit the federal government, simplify the code, and reduce bureaucratic red tape so the public can hold government accountable more easily.
Occurrences
That’s why I battle the Biden Administration and hold them accountable.
language worked on by Congresswoman Spartz to audit 702 collections and targeting by the NSA and FBI for the first time
This new audit will, for the first time, help Congress better oversee how agencies target and collect.
This amendment requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture to publicly post key financial information for checkoff boards, including audit reports for the previous five years, updated annually.
upcoming discussions include May 21 — Government Accountability Office.
She’s fought to ... audit elections ... and bring transparency and accountability to the state government.
The Checkoff Transparency Act would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture to publish audits, budgets, and activities of commodity checkoff programs on its website, increasing transparency and accountability for programs funded by fees farmers are forced by Congress to pay.
Evidence
The office’s latest news item says the House passed Sec. 702 FISA reauthorization including language worked on by Rep. Spartz to audit Section 702 collections and targeting by the NSA and FBI for the first time.
As of the June 17, 2026 lookup, the official press release index showed no June 15-17 item. The newest listed release was dated May 12, 2026, and the most recent oversight-related release on the page was dated May 1, 2026 about a FISA audit provision.
The campaign issues page under Government Transparency and Accountability says federal laws are convoluted and cumbersome, calls for auditing government and simplifying the code, and says Spartz would cut bureaucratic red tape so Americans can hold government accountable.
Spartz's official press release index says the House passed a Section 702 FISA reauthorization with language she worked on to audit Section 702 collections and NSA/FBI targeting for the first time.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 155 on S. 4465, a bill extending Title VII FISA authorities, as passed on April 30, 2026 by 261-111.
The official press release index says Spartz amendments passed the House: one increasing commodity checkoff board transparency and another exempting large farm equipment from specified EPA emissions standards.
The House Clerk records Spartz of Indiana Part B Amendment No. 49 to H.R. 7567 as agreed to on April 30, 2026 by 215-213.
The House Clerk records final House passage of H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act, on April 30, 2026 by 224-200.
Assessments
The promise was broad: audit the federal government, simplify the code, and cut bureaucratic red tape government-wide. Spartz has concrete same-term action tied to parts of that pledge, including House-passed FISA audit language and sector-specific transparency or regulatory amendments. But the evidence shows limited, issue-specific progress rather than completion of a government-wide audit, code simplification, or broad red-tape reduction outcome.
Spartz materially advanced the audit/accountability portion of the promise by helping move a House-passed FISA reauthorization provision that would audit Section 702 collections and targeting by the NSA and FBI. That is concrete oversight action, but it only covers one slice of the broader pledge to audit government, simplify the code, and reduce red tape, so the full promise was not delivered.
The promise is broad: audit the federal government, simplify the code, and reduce red tape across the federal bureaucracy. The cited evidence shows Rep. Spartz materially advanced a narrower oversight measure that passed the House: audit language for Section 702 collections and targeting by the NSA and FBI. That supports same-term credit for part of the accountability/audit commitment, but it does not show full delivery of a government-wide audit, code simplification, or broad red-tape reduction. Because there was a serious legislative effort that advanced but only partially matched the promised outcome, partial delivery is appropriate.