Connecting unserved and underserved communities across the country to high-speed internet has long been a laudable goal. But after a May 10, 2023, Government Accountability Office (GAO) report exposed more than 133 broadband related programs across 15 federal agencies, now-Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr said that up to $800 billion was available for […]
Kids in the lower-income households of Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas may find their Easter baskets a little less sweet this year. Across the country, state policymakers are pushing legislation requesting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to restrict what Americans receiving federal food assistance can buy with their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program […]
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. Trump Administration Cancels Green New Deal Loans After conducting a first-year review of the Department of […]
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 The report cites $77 million for Department of Defense (DOD)’s outdated Marine Mammal Program, which trains dolphins and sea lions to […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should review and reconsider the ongoing cases that began during the Biden administration under Chair Lina Khan. Her approach to antitrust law, along with her anti-capitalist and anti-business policies led to her being named Citizens Against Government Waste’s September 2023 and November 2024 Porker of the Month. The legal quagmire […]
The U.S. Postal Service will be delivering its fiscal year (FY) 2025 results soon after Halloween. It will leave a sour taste that will be like getting only Sour Patch Kids, Sour Gummy Worms, and Sweetarts in the bag during trick or treat. The results will not only continue the frightful losses that have happened […]
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 […]
The debate over raising the federally insured deposit limit has been heating up following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, even though doing so would increase risk and moral hazard, and the banks’ demise was unrelated to the insurance cap. The Federal Reserve’s April 28, 2023, review of its supervision of Silicon […]
The establishment of well-intentioned programs that fail to achieve their objectives and waste taxpayer dollars is an unfortunately frequent occurrence in the federal government. A prominent example of such an outcome is the 340B program, created by Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act of 1992, which requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid to […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continues to forge ahead with eliminating outdated regulations and streamlining processes that will make it easier and faster to enable new telecommunications and network capabilities. The September 30, 2025, monthly meeting included several items that will help achieve those objectives, some of which were included in Citizens Against Government Waste’s […]
