For the 7th year in a row, White Coat Waste Project (WCW) is proud to announce its Waste Warrior Award recipients! 
 
Waste Warriors are the soldiers on the frontlines of the War on Waste–a bipartisan league of lawmakers hellbent on working with WCW to find, expose, and defund villainous white coat’s most atrocious experiments on animals.  

Our awardees have demonstrated exceptional leadership and determination to hold accountable the white coats who abuse their authority, our tax dollars, and countless animals to conduct painful and wasteful lab experiments. 
 
And with that, please meet WCW’s 2023 Congressional Waste Warriors! 

Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) 

• Helped lead a successful effort calling for the defunding of Russian animal labs, including Putin’s kitten experiments 
• Cosponsored and helped enact successful WCW-backed legislation that cut Food and Drug Administration (FDA) red tape, forcing industry and federal agencies to conduct wasteful drug tests on puppies and other animals

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) 

• Led a successful effort with WCW to expose and cancel Dr. Fauci’s plans to waste $2 million for unnecessary and cruel drug tests on puppies
• Introduced WCW-backed legislation to defund EcoHealth Alliance, the disgraced virus-hunting animal lab funder that sent tax dollars to the Wuhan lab for animal experiments that experts believe caused COVID
• Helped introduce WCW-backed legislation to stop taxpayer funding for dangerous gain-of-function experiments on animals that supercharge viruses to make them deadlier and more transmissible to humans
• Co-authored a Newsweek oped with WCW urging more transparency about government spending on wasteful animal experiments 

Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) 

• Helped introduce and enact successful WCW-backed legislation that cut Food and Drug Administration (FDA) red tape, forcing industry and federal agencies to conduct wasteful drug tests on puppies and other animals 
• Introduced legislation to cut FDA red tape and eliminate duplicative animal testing requirements specifically for generic drugs. 

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) 

• Introduced WCW-backed legislation to defund EcoHealth Alliance, the disgraced virus-hunting animal lab funder that sent tax dollars to the Wuhan lab for animal experiments that experts believe caused COVID 
• Introduced WCW-backed legislation to stop taxpayer funding for dangerous gain-of-function experiments on animals that supercharge viruses to make them deadlier and more transmissible to humans and cause pandemics 
• Helped introduce and enact successful WCW-backed legislation that cut Food and Drug Administration (FDA) red tape, forcing industry and federal agencies to conduct wasteful drug tests on puppies and other animals 

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)

• Helped introduce and enact successful WCW-backed legislation that cut Food and Drug Administration (FDA) red tape, forcing industry and federal agencies to conduct wasteful drug tests on puppies and other animals
• Cosponsored Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for animals in all federal labs when testing ends 

Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-CA) 

• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends 
• Citing WCW’s Coke Hounds investigation, sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) demanding details about the agency’s “cruel, costly, outdated…unnecessary” $2 million drug tests in which puppies were injected with cocaine  

Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) 

• As Chairman of the USDA’s funding panel, enacted legislation directing the agency to enact a policy allowing taxpayers to adopt animals from its labs.  
• As Chairman of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s funding panel, continued leadership to pass legislation urging the FDA to reduce primate tests and retire survivors to sanctuaries, which has led to a 44% cut in the FDA’s abuse of monkeys in recent years.
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends 

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) 

• Helped lead a successful effort to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals in outdated  drills
• Citing WCW’s Coke Hounds investigation, led a bipartisan letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) demanding details about the agency’s “cruel, costly, outdated…unnecessary” $2 million drug tests in which puppies were injected with cocaine 

Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) 

• Helped lead a successful effort with WCW to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends 

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA)

• Helped lead a successful effort to defund Russian animal testing labs, including Putin’s kitten experiments exposed by WCW
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed AFAR Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for animal labs in China, Russia, and other foreign adversary nations.
• Co-authored a Newsweek op-ed with WCW about the dangers of wasteful spending on animal experiments at home and abroad.
• Helped advance and enact successful WCW-backed legislation that cut Food and Drug Administration (FDA) red tape, forcing industry and federal agencies to conduct wasteful drug tests on puppies and other animals 

Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA)  

• As Chairman of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) funding panel, led a successful effort to enact legislation defunding the DOJs’ wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals 
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends 

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) 

• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends 
• Helped lead a successful effort with WCW to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals 

Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) 

• Helped lead a successful effort to defund Russian animal testing labs, including Putin’s kitten experiments exposed by WCW 
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed AFAR Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for animal labs in China, Russia, and other foreign adversary nations. 
• Joined effort urging the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to cut off funding to condemning the funding awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, the disgraced virus-hunting animal lab funder that sent tax dollars to the Wuhan lab for animal experiments that experts believe caused COVID 

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) 

• As Vice Chair of the Judiciary Committee, led a successful years-long effort to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals 
• Sent a letter urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue instructions for drug makers explaining how they can avoid cruel, expensive, and wasteful animal testing red tape for new drugs 

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) 

• Helped lead a successful effort to defund Russian animal testing labs, including Putin’s kitten experiments exposed by WCW
• Cosponsored the Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act to defund all animal labs in China  
• Called for Dr. Fauci to testify in front of Congress about his role in funding dangerous gain-of-function animal experiments at the Wuhan lab that were first exposed by WCW

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) 

• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends
• Helped introduce legislation to prohibit all taxpayer funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s painful and wasteful experiments on dogs exposed by WCW’s BeagleGate campaign 
• Citing WCW’s investigations, sent several letters to the NIH demanding details about the agency’s “cruel, costly, outdated…unnecessary” experiments on dogs.
• Helped lead a successful effort with WCW to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed AFAR Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for animal labs in China, Russia, and other foreign adversary nations.
• Joined effort urging the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to cut off funding to condemning the funding awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, the disgraced virus-hunting animal lab funder that sent tax dollars to the Wuhan lab for animal experiments that experts believe caused COVID 

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) 

• Helped lead an ongoing, successful effort to defund painful dog and cat testing at the Dept. Of Veterans Affairs, which has ended all active testing on dogs & cats 
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste (PAAW) Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for painful and wasteful National Institutes of Health (NIH) dog experiments  
• Helped lead a successful years-long effort with WCW to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals 

Rep. Steve Lynch (D-MA) 

• Helped lead an ongoing, successful effort to defund painful dog and cat testing at the Dept. Of Veterans Affairs, which has ended all active testing on dogs & cats 
• Helped lead a successful effort to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals 
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends 

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC)

• Led a successful effort with WCW to expose and cancel Dr. Fauci’s plans to waste $2 million for unnecessary and cruel drug tests on puppies  
• Citing WCW’s investigations, led several bipartisan letters to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) demanding details about the agency’s “cruel, costly, outdated…unnecessary” experiments on dogs. 
• Introduced the WCW-backed Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste (PAAW) Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for painful and wasteful NIH dog experiments
• Helped lead a successful effort to defund Russian animal testing labs, including Putin’s kitten experiments exposed by WCW
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed AFAR Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for animal labs in China, Russia, and other foreign adversary nations.
• Joined effort urging the National Science Foundation and the NIH to cut off funding to condemning the funding awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, the disgraced virus-hunting animal lab funder that sent tax dollars to the Wuhan lab for animal experiments that experts believe caused COVID
• Co-authored a Washington Examiner op-ed with WCW arguing for the defunding of NIH’s wasteful dog experiments  

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) 

• Helped lead a successful effort to defund Russian animal testing labs, including Putin’s kitten experiments exposed by WCW
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed AFAR Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for animal labs in China, Russia, and other foreign adversary nations.
• Helped lead an ongoing, successful effort to defund painful dog and cat testing at the Dept. Of Veterans Affairs (VA), which has ended all active testing on dogs & cats 
• Helped lead an ongoing, successful effort to defund painful dog and cat testing at the VA, which has ended all active testing on dogs & cats
• Joined effort urging the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to cut off funding to condemning the funding awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, the disgraced virus-hunting animal lab funder that sent tax dollars to the Wuhan lab for animal experiments that experts believe caused COVID
• Citing WCW’s investigations, led several bipartisan letters to the NIH demanding details about the agency’s “cruel, costly, outdated…unnecessary” experiments on dogs.
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends 

Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) 

• Citing WCW’s Bleeding Beagles investigation, sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) demanding answers about its cruel and wasteful 75-year-old colony that breeds puppies to suffer from bleeding disorders  
• Led an ongoing, successful effort to defund painful dog and cat testing at the Dept. Of Veterans Affairs, which has ended all active testing on dogs & cats 
• Helped lead a successful effort to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals 
• Helped lead a successful effort to defund Russian animal testing labs, including Putin’s kitten experiments exposed by WCW
• Led a letter urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue instructions for drug makers explaining how they can avoid cruel, expensive, and wasteful animal testing red tape for new drugs
• Joined effort urging the National Science Foundation and the NIH to cut off funding to condemning the funding awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, the disgraced virus-hunting animal lab funder that sent tax dollars to the Wuhan lab for animal experiments that experts believe caused COVID
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed AFAR Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for animal labs in China, Russia, and other foreign adversary nations
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste (PAAW) Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for painful and wasteful National Institutes of Health (NIH) dog experiments 

Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) 

• Helped lead an ongoing, successful effort to defund painful dog and cat testing at the Dept. Of Veterans Affairs, which has ended all active testing on dogs & cats 
• Citing WCW’s investigations, sent several bipartisan letters to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) demanding details about the agency’s “cruel, costly, outdated…unnecessary” experiments on dogs. 
• Helped lead a successful effort to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals 

Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) 

• Led a successful effort to defund Russian animal testing labs, including Putin’s kitten experiments exposed by WCW
• Introduced the WCW-backed AFAR Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for animal labs in China, Russia, and other foreign adversary nations. 
• Joined effort urging the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to cut off funding to condemning the funding awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, the disgraced virus-hunting animal lab funder that sent tax dollars to the Wuhan lab for animal experiments that experts believe caused COVID 

Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) 

• Helped lead a successful effort to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals 
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste (PAAW) Act and other bipartisan legislation to prohibit taxpayer funding for painful and wasteful National Institutes of Health (NIH) dog experiments 

Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) 

• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed AFAR Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for animal labs in China, Russia, and other foreign adversary nations
• Cosponsored WCW-backed bipartisan legislation to prohibit taxpayer funding for painful and wasteful National Institutes of Health (NIH) dog experiments
• Joined effort urging the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to cut off funding to condemning the funding awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, the disgraced virus-hunting animal lab funder that sent tax dollars to the Wuhan lab for animal experiments that experts believe caused COVID 

Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL) 

• Helped lead a successful effort to defund Russian animal testing labs, including Putin’s kitten experiments exposed by WCW
• Helped lead a successful effort to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals 
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed AFAR Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for animal labs in China, Russia, and other foreign adversary nations. 
• Sent a letter urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue instructions for drug makers explaining how they can avoid cruel, expensive, and wasteful animal testing red tape for new drugs 
• Cosponsored WCW-backed bipartisan legislation to prohibit taxpayer funding for painful and wasteful National Institutes of Health (NIH) dog experiments
• Joined effort urging the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to cut off funding to condemning the funding awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, the disgraced virus-hunting animal lab funder that sent tax dollars to the Wuhan lab for animal experiments that experts believe caused COVID
• Citing WCW’s investigations, sent several letters to the NIH demanding details about the agency’s “cruel, costly, outdated…unnecessary” experiments on dogs. 

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) 

• Led successful efforts to cut State Department and Pentagon funding for the Wuhan animal lab
• Helped lead a successful effort to defund Russian animal testing labs, including Putin’s kitten experiments exposed by WCW
• Led effort urging the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to cut off funding to condemning the funding awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, the disgraced virus-hunting animal lab funder that sent tax dollars to the Wuhan lab for animal experiments that experts believe caused COVID 
• Co-authored Newsweek op-ed with WCW demanding an investigation into the Wuhan lab and for it to be defunded along with EcoHealth Alliance 
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed AFAR Act to prohibit taxpayer funding for animal labs in China, Russia, and other foreign adversary nations. 

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) 

• Helped lead a successful effort to defund Russian animal testing labs, including Putin’s kitten experiments exposed by WCW
• Helped lead a successful effort to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste (PAAW) Act and other bipartisan legislation to prohibit taxpayer funding for painful and wasteful National Institutes of Health (NIH) dog experiments 

Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) 

• Introduced WCW-backed bipartisan legislation to prohibit taxpayer funding for painful and wasteful National Institutes of Health (NIH) dog experiments 
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends 
• Co-authored a Daily Caller op-ed with WCW on our work together to defund wasteful National Institutes of Health (NIH) dog experiments
• Helped lead a successful effort to defund Russian animal testing labs, including Putin’s kitten experiments exposed by WCW

Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) 

• Citing WCW’s Bleeding Beagles investigation, sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) demanding answers about its cruel and wasteful 75-year-old colony that breeds puppies to suffer from bleeding disorders  
• Led an ongoing, successful effort to defund painful dog and cat testing at the Dept. Of Veterans Affairs, which has ended all active testing on dogs & cats 
• Helped lead a successful effort to enact legislation defunding the Department of Justice’s wasteful “live tissue training” exposed by WCW that involved stabbing, shooting, and blowing up live animals 
• Led a letter urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue instructions for drug makers explaining how they can avoid cruel, expensive, and wasteful animal testing red tape for new drugs 
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste (PAAW) Act and other bipartisan legislation to prohibit taxpayer funding for painful and wasteful NIH dog experiments
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends 

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) 

• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste (PAAW) Act  to prohibit taxpayer funding for painful and wasteful National Institutes of Health (NIH) dog experiments
• Citing WCW’s Coke Hounds investigation, sent a letter to the NIH demanding details about the agency’s “cruel, costly, outdated…unnecessary” $2 million drug tests in which puppies were injected with cocaine
• Cosponsored the WCW-backed Violet’s Law to make adoption an option for dogs, cats, and other animals in all federal labs when testing ends