Well, once the press got wind of some of our spending practices, they started to question our budget allocations.

拉斐尔：嗯， 一旦媒体听说了我们的一些支出做法，他们就开始质疑我们的预算分配。

The press got wind of the spending practices of this department and they " started to question" – they started to ask questions about and to complain about, really, these budget allocations.

媒体听说了这个部门的开支做法，他们“开始质疑”——他们开始质疑和抱怨这些预算分配，真的。