Require transparency in grant funding to end conflicts of interest when Members of Congress steer money to former clients, employers, business partners, or entities tied to family members.
I will require transparency in grant funding to prevent conflicts of interest.
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Evidence
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Mackenzie announced the FY2027 Community Project Funding process and said all projects submitted to the House Appropriations Committee would be publicly disclosed on his website. The criteria included federal nexus, community support, one-year funding, and eligibility restrictions including no for-profit recipients.
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The official disclosure page lists FY2027 and FY2026 Community Funding Project requests with project name, request amount, intended recipient, address, description, and a signed financial disclosure letter for each listed project.
Assessments
Mackenzie took same-term action by publicly disclosing his own Community Project Funding requests, including recipients, amounts, project details, and financial disclosure letters addressing conflicts of interest. That materially advances transparency for his own grant-like requests, but the evidence does not show that he enacted or secured a broader federal requirement for grant funding transparency to prevent conflicts of interest. Therefore the promise is only partially fulfilled.