It’s shocking but true: The U.S. government went on a spending spree with your tax dollars at China’s “wet markets”—where scientists believe COVID-19 originated—to buy cats and dogs who were killed then victims of wasteful experimentation. The Chinese “wet markets” at the center of the coronavirus and the source of American lawmakers’ ire? American taxpayers...
Its April’s Fools Day, but this is no joke: White Coat Waste just exposed that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wasted $10,000 on dog urine experiments just days after the first COVID-19 death on U.S. soil. As reported by Fox News and the Washington Free Beacon, the FDA prioritized buying dog urine instead at...
Former U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, MD (R-OK) passed away last weekend at the age of 72 after a long battle with cancer. Dr. Coburn was a consummate physician and legislator, and is perhaps best known for his tireless and colorful fight against government waste. As the creator of the “Wastebook,” Dr. Coburn’s snarky takes...
UPDATE (3/31/20): The COVID-19 stimulus bill signed into law by President Trump includes bipartisan spending oversight measures advocated by WCW and others, including an independent oversight panel led by Inspectors General and a public website reporting how stimulus funds are being spent. WCW is grateful to Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Gary Peters (D-MI)–the chairman...
UPDATE (4/17/20): A month after WCW’s exposé, President Trump publicly committed to ending taxpayer funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Original post (3/24/20)The deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) is quickly spreading throughout the nation and ravaging public health and the global economy. By now, you’ve likely read that the disease has been traced to a so-called...
Once again, White Coat Waste Project (WCW) has prevailed in its fight against government secrecy about taxpayer-funded animal experiments! The news was first reported on Bloomberg Law. In two separate lawsuits filed against the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in 2017, WCW challenged the agency’s refusal to release certain information about its wasteful and cruel...
In advance of Sunshine Week, 2019 WCW “Congressional Waste Warrior” awardee Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) took to the Senate floor to shed light on egregious and secretive government waste, and wasteful taxpayer-funded animal experiments were front and center. “Folks, this is your money: So, shouldn’t you have a right to know how it’s being spent?”@brad_polumbo...
UPDATE December 30, 2020: As a result of our investigation, Congress has directed the NIH to commission an independent study by the National Academies of the NIH’s intramural primate testing and how modern alternatives can reduce their use. This direction is in the NIH’s 2021 funding bill (see page 69). You can read more about...
Taxpayers have a right to know how our money is being spent, and people in Maryland will certainly rethink their support for the Bethesda-based National Institutes of Health (NIH) when they see White Coat Waste Project’s (WCW) new ad campaign. In November 2019, public transit officials in Maryland unlawfully rejected WCW ads exposing how the...
