White Coat Waste Project is proud to announce the recipients of our annual “Congressional Waste Warrior” awards for 2017. As reported in Roll Call, this award recognizes members of Congress who have demonstrated outstanding leadership to expose and stop $15 billion in wasteful and unnecessary taxpayer-funded animal experiments, an effort that a majority of Americans support. Below are our 2017 honorees, who will receive their awards during private presentations.
SENATE Senator Dean Heller (R-NV)
Leading Senate efforts to improve oversight of the federal program charged with promoting the use of superior, cost-efficient alternatives to wasteful animal tests
Co-sponsoring the BEST Practices Act to end wasteful military medical training drills that involve shooting, stabbing and blowing up animals and that the Pentagon reports are “outdated and cost-prohibitive.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)
Successfully secured a federal audit of spending transparency failures exposed by WCW at National Institutes of Health-funded animal laboratories
Introduced legislation, the BASIC Research Act, to appoint a taxpayer advocate to all review panels for federal research grants
Continued to release his influential Waste Reports documenting dozens of troubling examples of outrageous and bizarre federal spending
HOUSE Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA)
Introduced the bipartisan PUPPERS Act to end painful and wasteful dog experiments at the Department of Veterans Affairs
I’ve been working to end the VA’s practice of conducting painful & unnecessary tests on dogs. I’m grateful to be recognized by @WhiteCoatWaste as a “Waste Warrior,” but I know there is much more we can & must do to protect animals & end wasteful spending. This is just the start! pic.twitter.com/YUOa01cKn9
Gave a compelling speech on the floor of the House of Representatives about his efforts to end VA’s dog testing
Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA)
Cosponsored the bipartisan PUPPERS Act to end painful and wasteful dog experiments at the Department of Veterans Affairs
Met with WCW and a whistleblower from the Richmond VA who helped expose “maximum pain” experiments on dogs to discuss holding VA accountable and protecting whistleblowers
Thank you to the dedicated folks at @WhiteCoatWaste, who honored me today with an award for my work in Congress to end taxpayer-funded animal testing. pic.twitter.com/00QD8N0PPC
Glad to be one of the 15 members from both parties recognized by @WhiteCoatWaste for eliminating government funding for animal experiments. See what we’re doing to eliminate this cruel, wasteful practice here: https://t.co/GUtfvxsUULpic.twitter.com/kFipMiCBD4
Cosponsored the bipartisan PUPPERS Act to end painful and wasteful dog experiments at the Department of Veterans Affairs
Led a successful effort to secure a federal audit of government animal testing transparency and spending
Released a video discussing his work to end VA’s dog experiments
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL)
As the top Democrat on the committee that controls VA funding, she helped pass legislation to cut funding for the VA’s painful and wasteful dog experiments
Gave a compelling speech on the floor of the House of Representatives about her efforts to end VA’s dog testing
Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA)
As the chairman of the committee that controls VA funding, he helped advance legislation to cut funding for the VA’s painful and wasteful dog experiments
If you haven’t yet, please urge your Members of Congress to join these leader’s efforts to end wasteful taxpayer-funded animal experiments.
Your work is OUTSTANDING and aside from Veritas the only groups who are MAKING GOVT accountable. To taxpayers. The kitten experiment is GROTESQUE. No Americans are dying from toxoplasmosis unless they sit around putting infected cat feces in their mouth. Most ppl get from BAD MEAT that they shouldn’t eat anyway. The slaughter of these kittens for DECADES is a CRIME. And WHAT about the poor mother cats they breed over and over? And themale cats who impregnate? Or do they ram artificially to impregnate? USDA is actively doing cruelty for NOTHING. We benefit NOTHING. Toxo is CURED with antibiotics. DUH. Thank you for exposing this HORROR.
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Thank You for taking action, this says everything about us as a society.?❤️
God bless you all for caring about animals.
Your work is OUTSTANDING and aside from Veritas the only groups who are MAKING GOVT accountable. To taxpayers. The kitten experiment is GROTESQUE. No Americans are dying from toxoplasmosis unless they sit around putting infected cat feces in their mouth. Most ppl get from BAD MEAT that they shouldn’t eat anyway. The slaughter of these kittens for DECADES is a CRIME. And WHAT about the poor mother cats they breed over and over? And themale cats who impregnate? Or do they ram artificially to impregnate? USDA is actively doing cruelty for NOTHING. We benefit NOTHING. Toxo is CURED with antibiotics. DUH. Thank you for exposing this HORROR.