"The administration has actively blocked the Legislature from doing its job of keeping watch over taxpayer money and has flat out refused to tell us how they are operating programs without any money," said Agema, R-Grandville.  "It's my job to watch out for taxpayers and track where their tax dollars are going.  I can't do that when the administration is working to keep that information from the public eye."

            State Rep. John Proos said a majority of time in the subcommittee on DHS appropriations is spent seeking transparency by unrolling budgets in search of answers to questionable costs and operations. 

            "It is a game of hide and seek spending with the Michigan Based Home Child Care Council," Proos said.  "The Legislature must hold this council accountable for the taxpayer dollars they are spending without permission or approval."