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Denouncing “greedy” vendors who “[sneak] unreasonably high prices,” U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has joined a bipartisan push to tame price-gouging by military contractors.
The legislation, dubbed the “Transparency in Contract Pricing Act of 2025,” would require contractors to provide a reason if the cost of spare parts in so-called “sustainment contracts” jumps by more than 25%.
Warren, D-Mass, was joined on the legislation by fellow Democratic U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, and Iowa Republican U.S. Sens. Charles Grassley and Joni Ernst.
“Greedy contractors are threatening our military readiness by sneaking unreasonably high prices into our military’s contracts for basic materials or spare parts,” Warren said in a statement.
The legislation “puts these contractors on notic