On December 23, 2025, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released his annual Festivus report, which cites a total of $1.6 trillion in unnecessary federal spending, including $1.22 trillion in interest payments on the national debt. The report cites $77 million for Department of Defense (DOD)’s outdated Marine Mammal Program, which trains dolphins and sea lions to […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Hearing is Next Step for 340B Reform The […]
Prices controls have always disrupted the marketplace and created shortages or excesses.
Price controls will result in the loss of life due to a lack of future research and development.
Price controls on pharmaceuticals will not lower prices and will lead to fewer future cures.
The BBBA is more big government socialism, with a price tag of $4.9 trillion over 10 years.
The Build Back Better Act will cost lives by devastating the development of future cures.
The Supreme Court tossed out ObamaCare lawsuit, California et al v. Texas, stating the plaintiffs have no standing.
The U.S. public health system has a trust problem due to their handling of COVID-19.
On March 7, 2017, President Trump tweeted he was “working on a new system where there will be competition in the Drug Industry. Pricing for the American people will come way down.” The next day, in a meeting with Representatives Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) , the president reiterated that he wanted to […]
