1. United States
2. N.C.
3. Letter

As you constituent, I am concerned about reports that a White House ballroom project experienced significant cost increases and that contracting decisions may have lacked sufficient competitive safeguards. Major infrastructure projects at the White House require exceptional transparency because they use public funds and set standards for government procurement integrity. When costs rise substantially, Congress has a duty to determine whether the increase reflected legitimate scope changes or whether favoritism or conflict-of-interest risks played a role. I request that your offices initiate oversight into the procurement and contracting for the White House ballroom. Please demand documents showing (1) the original budget and later revisions, (2) procurement method selection and any departures from competition, (3) justification for any sole-source or accelerated contracting, (4) bids received (if any), contractor selection rationale, and (5) all ethics disclosures, recusals, and waiver requests associated with the participating vendors and decision-makers. I also ask that you request an independent audit or inspector general review of the project cost escalation and whether change orders were properly authorized. If there are indicators of improper influence, I urge you to refer the matter for enforcement review and to pursue statutory reforms that tighten controls on favoritism risk in high-profile contracting. Thank you for taking action to protect taxpayer funds and uphold ethical standards in government contracting.