<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Congressman's Response to Concerns About Wasteful Government Spending</dc:title><dc:date>1975-01-07</dc:date><dc:creator>unknown</dc:creator><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:identifier>http://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_109_4_22_35_0001</dc:identifier><dc:description>Ms. Katherine H. Oliver writes a letter to Congressman James R. Jones expressing concern about wasteful government spending on unnecessary committees and panels. Congressman Jones acknowledges the issue and assures Ms. Oliver that he has been fighting against such spending and will continue to work towards reducing federal spending. The document includes examples of specific wasteful expenditures on advisory committees. Ms. Oliver requests information on what actions are being taken to address the issue.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>