U.S. Senator James Lankford released the ninth edition of his Federal Fumbles report, outlining what he says are billions of dollars in wasteful spending, fraud, improper payments, and government inefficiencies.
“It’s Federal Fumbles season again,” Lankford said. “My ninth edition takes a hard look at the spending and inefficiencies that leave taxpayers wondering what Washington is doing with their money and why government is not serving them.”
The report highlights research grants the senator describes as questionable, oversight concerns involving taxpayer funds sent overseas, fraud and systemic problems in food assistance programs, and the financial impact of government shutdowns. It also presents policy proposals Lankford says would help prevent similar problems in the future.
Among the report’s “Top Five Federal Fumbles,” Lankford points to nearly $150,000 spent studying how COVID and climate change affect herring in Alaska, $124,000 sent to a Chinese lab for experiments on beagles with limited U.S. oversight, and a $250 million SNAP fraud scheme in Minnesota. The report also cites what it describes as a quarter-billion dollars in NIH-funded transgender experiments on animals and a 43-day government shutdown that Lankford says cost taxpayers an estimated $74 to $85 billion.
“Too often, the federal government is not accountable to the people,” Lankford said. “Fumbles is about more than pointing out the problems. It lays out a playbook to fix them.”
You can read the latest Federal Fumbles here.
