Military Contractor, Lawmakers Brawl Over Price Gouging Allegations

Military Contractor, Lawmakers Brawl Over Price Gouging Allegations
Rep. James Comer ( R-Ky.) questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing in Washington on Agu. 24, 2020. Tom Williams/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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A Jan. 19 congressional hearing aimed at taking a military contractor to task over price gouging became heated when Republicans criticized the use of committee resources to single out a law-abiding company.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on price gouging in military contracts followed a Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General audit, which found that aerospace manufacturing firm TransDigm Group made “excessive profits” from its business with the military.