Press Releases
CAGW Releases Issue Brief on the Dangers of Government-Run Healthcare
The brief details why a free market approach to healthcare reform is necessary.
CAGW Names House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Bernie Sanders September 2021 Porkers of the Month
CAGW named House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Bernie Sanders Porkers of the Month for endangering America’s financial stability with their massive spending plan.
CAGW Names Sen. Ed Markey August 2021 Porker of the Month
Ed Markey is the for proposing a taxpayer-funded Civilian Climate Corps that would hire millions of people and cost billions of dollars.
CAGW Names Rep. Peter DeFazio July 2021 Porker of the Month
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) our July 2021 Porker of the Month for introducing the wasteful and earmark-loaded IN
CAGW Names Rep. Mike Turner June 2021 Porker of the Month
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) is the June 2021 Porker of the Month for leading the push to add more money for the troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.
CAGW Releases Issue Brief on the Folly of Government-Owned Networks
Government-owned broadband networks are wasteful, anti-competitive, and costly for taxpayers.
CAGW Names Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand May 2021 Porker of the Month
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is our May 2021 Porker of the Month for saying “paid leave, child care and caregiving” are all “infrastructure.”
CAGW Names Rep. Mike Rogers April 2021 Porker of the Month
Rep. Rogers is our April 2021 Porker of the Month for leading the charge to bring back wasteful pork-barrel earmarks.
Citizens Against Government Waste Releases 2021 Congressional Pig Book
Today, CAGW released its 2021 Congressional Pig Book, the 29th edition of the group’s exposé on pork-barrel spending.
CAGW Releases Comprehensive Waste-Cutting Proposals for the 117th Congress
This publication should serve as a blueprint for reining in out-of-control federal spending.
CAGW Names Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Sen. Patrick Leahy March 2021 Porkers of the Month
CAGW named Rep. DeLauro and Sen. Leahy Porkers of the Month for bringing back corrupt, costly, and inequitable earmarks.
CAGW Names Names Gov. Jim Justice February 2021 Porker of the Month
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice (R) is the Porker of the Month for wanting to throw away nearly $2 trillion of the taxpayers’ money.