July 21, 2026 Senator Bill Cassidy, Chairman Senator Bernie Sanders, Ranking Member Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee 428 Senate Dirksen Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Cassidy and Ranking Member Sanders, The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will soon be considering S. 5026, the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act of […]
Statement of Sean Kennedy Director of Policy and Research, Citizens Against Government Waste Before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability June 9, 2026 Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, my name is Sean Kennedy, and I am the Director of Policy and Research for Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), a nonpartisan organization founded […]
Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Durbin: We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, write to urge Congress to reject the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA). The bill would impose heavy restrictions on the ability of America’s leading digital platforms to engage in a wide array of common, overwhelmingly procompetitive behavior. Specifically, it emulates […]
June 8, 2026 The Honorable Jeff Landry Governor of the State of Louisiana 900 North 3rd Street Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 Dear Governor Landry, On behalf of the 2,870 members and supporters of the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) in the state of Louisiana, I urge you to veto SB 401, which would […]
Statement for the Record Thomas A. Schatz President Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade U.S. House of Representatives June 3, 2026 Examining Legislation To Establish A Federal Comprehensive Privacy and Data Security Law Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, my name is […]
May 26, 2026 Dear Representative, We appreciate your leadership in advancing President Trump’s agenda to reduce government spending and restore accountability by reining in bureaucracy and rooting out waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in Washington. That work is essential, and as you move forward to build on your success for the remainder of the 119th […]
May 26, 2026 The Honorable Mike Dunleavy Governor of the State of Alaska Alaska State Capital, Executive Floor 120 4th Street Juneau, Alaska 99811 Dear Governor Dunleavy, On behalf of the members and supporters of the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) in Alaska, I urge you to use your line-item veto on Section […]
May 21, 2026 U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator, You will soon be considering S. Con. Res. 33, a concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035. On behalf of the more than one million […]
May 20, 2026 Dear Representative/Senator, As organizations committed to fiscal responsibility, transparency, and pro-growth public policy, we write to express our support for H.R. 7742, the bipartisan Keep It Moving Act, which would establish a 180-day limit for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to act on license transfer or assignment applications and other transactions under […]
April 29, 2026 Dear Member, As you discuss the Farm Bill, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) would like you to consider defunding the Rural Utilities Service’s (RUS) broadband programs. As noted in an April 1, 2026, blog post, a May 10, 2023 Government Accountability Office report found 133 broadband programs spread across 15 federal agencies, and […]
