Two senators are questioning the effectiveness of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s watchdog, the Office of the Inspector General, in light of staff cuts in the Office of Audits over the past two years and money spent to hire outside attorneys and employees. Sens. Charles Grassley, R-IA, and Ron Johnson, R-WI, penned a letter late last month to the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency requesting an outside review of the FHFA OIG. Prior to the letter to the CIGIE, which monitors the integrity of the IG office, Grassley has sent several letters to FHFA OIG’s Laura Wertheimer since last October regarding organizational changes made under her leadership.