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Letters to Officials

CCAGW Urges Leaders of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to Support H.R. 5749, H.R. 5457, and H.R. 143

Stronger oversight bills will help track official time costs, cut duplicative software spending, and sunset unauthorized programs.

Grigory Menshikov December 1, 2025
Letters to Officials

CCAGW Joins Coalition Opposing the Increase in FDIC Deposit Insurance Limits

Raising FDIC insurance limits for business accounts imposes high costs, risks moral hazard, and harms consumers.

Grigory Menshikov November 19, 2025
The WasteWatcher

Committee Hearing Should End Calls for Deposit Insurance Increase

Bank failures were caused by mismanagement and poor oversight and no level of deposit insurance would have stopped their demise.

Thomas Schatz November 18, 2025
Testimony

Testimony Before the House Committee on Financial Services on Deposit Insurance

Raising FDIC insurance limit to $10 million will increase risk, moral hazard, and taxpayer burden instead of preventing bank failures.  Banking industry needs better oversight, not raised guarantees.

Grigory Menshikov November 18, 2025
Letters to Officials

CCAGW Urges Leaders of House of Representatives and Senate Armed Services Committees to Oppose Section 1564 in S. 2296

NDAA Section 1564 lets Department of Defense veto any attempts to obtain spectrum for non-military uses, hindering telecom. 

Grigory Menshikov November 13, 2025
State Action

CCAGW Urges Ohio Senators to Oppose SB 198

SB 198 would change how the federal 340B Drug Discount Program operates in the Buckeye State

Alec Mena November 11, 2025

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Council for Citizens Against Government Waste works to eliminate waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government through research and public education.