The United States is the global leader in biopharmaceutical research and development. This position is crucial to the economy and giving patients access to new medicines well before they are available in foreign countries. Unfortunately, steps are being taken to put this leadership at risk and push research and development overseas. On October 22, 2026, […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and several of her anti-capitalist colleagues are once again showing a lack of understanding for how wealth is created and demonstrating disdain for private equity investments. They believe the government knows how to create jobs better than the private sector. On September 24, 2026, The Stop Wall Street Looting Act was […]
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 was enacted to “encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare or man; to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources important […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the Biden administration adopted the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards, which mandated baseload energy facilities to reduce and control their carbon footprint by 90 percent by 2032. The standards also declared carbon capture and storage technology as the best and likely only way to achieve this goal. On September 14, […]
When Postmaster General (PMG) David Steiner began his tenure at the United States Postal Service (USPS) in July 2025, there was hope that he would steer the beleaguered organization in the right direction after constant annual losses since 2007. As the former CEO of Waste Management and lead independent director of FedEx, it was believed […]
The transmission of critical medical information is stuck in the past. Due to an outdated and unnecessary rule, pharmacies and healthcare providers still receive prescription drug information on paper, which is wasteful, harmful to the environment, and nonsensical. Legislation to update this process and bring common sense to the dissemination of this critical information has […]
Funding is heading to the states from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. The expeditious and efficient use of these funds to connect unserved and underserved areas of the country depends on state and local governments ensuring that the permitting process does not impede or […]
Eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse continues to be a priority across the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. Lawmakers who are fighting against wasteful spending should agree to eliminate an outdated and unnecessary rule that would result in the modernization of how critical medical information is transmitted. It would both bring common sense […]
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. CAGW Names Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Chuck Fleischmann May 2026 Porkers of the Month CAGW […]
American consumers are worried about affordability, but their list of serious concerns does not include broadband. According to US Telecom’s May 19, 2026, Broadband Pricing Index (BPI) report, for the 11th straight year broadband prices have decreased and speeds have increased. It was therefore not surprising that the nationwide poll included in the BPI report […]
