Competition in the U.S. air travel industry helps American consumers and foreign visitors receive top-notch airline services at a low cost. Unwarranted government interference in this market, similar to the Biden Administration Inquiry in November 2024, would lower the quality of services, raise prices, and waste federal funds. The September 30, 2025, Senate Judiciary Subcommittee […]
The federal air traffic control (ATC) system, which monitors and assists in navigation for airlines, general aviation pilots, and the military, was built in the 1950s and 1960s, making it one of the oldest legacy information technology systems in the federal government. The ground-based navigation radar systems, which are still in use today, were first […]
High-speed rail projects across the U.S. continue to be challenged as the federal government reviews the effectiveness of its expenditures. On April 14, 2025, the Department of Transportation (DOT) terminated Amtrak’s contract with Texas Central Partners to build the Texas Central Railway, a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston. The $63.9 million in unspent […]
This Week in Waste highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted and efforts to fight back against this waste.
Sacramento’s quixotic project leads the way as the nation’s most expensive and wasteful passenger rail boondoggle
This Week in Waste highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted and efforts to fight government waste.
End of year government spending sprees are common but the Biden administration has hit the gas pedal on wasteful programs.
This broad and vague investigation is par for the course for the Biden-Harris administration and its pursuit of more regulation.
The U.S. Postal Service will lose $8 billion in FY 2024 and the Delivering for American Plan is not working as intended.
2023 saw Council for Citizens Against Government Waste secure another round of legislative wins in Congress and the states
