A top Republican from the House of Representatives DOGE caucus has revealed to DailyMail.com some stunning government projects that will be cut by Donald Trump’s new initiative.
The president-elect tasked Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy with cutting trillions in federal spending over the next few years using the newly developed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
And the pair have already been hard at work injecting their influence into politics.
Just before Christmas, Musk used the pulpit of his app The bill was later revised to 116 pages. Then it was revised again.
The same mentality has galvanized much of Congress, with members in the House of Representatives and Senate creating their own panels to help DOGE eliminate government bloat.
House DOGE Caucus Co-Chairman Aaron Bean, R-Fla., exclusively revealed to DailyMail.com some of the most egregious government waste projects that federal employees approve, many of them at enormous cost to taxpayers.
‘We give cocaine to animals to see if it turns them transsexual?’ the Republican complained by phone to DailyMail.com. He suggested that similar government-funded studies by DOGE should be halted.
‘It’s just the craziest thing you would never spend your own money on. But if agencies have money to spend, they will spend money on literally anything.”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, co-chair of the recently announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arrives on Capitol Hill on December 5, 2024 in Washington, DC
Rep. Aaron Bean, co-chair of the House DOGE Caucus, told DailyMail.com what the panel will look at next year
A study on cocaine use in beagles received more than $2.3 million from the National Institutes of Health
The study in question, a decade-old NIH experiment titled “Cocaine Induces State-Dependent Learning of Sexual Conditioning in Male Japanese Quail” to determine the sexual patterns of birds that use cocaine.
A US taxpayer-funded grant worth $875,000 was awarded for that research. This was almost $1 million funded by taxpayers study discovered that cocaine use often leads to riskier sex, something that many believe is common knowledge.
A similar study into cocaine use in beagles was revealed in recent years by advocacy group White Coat Waste Project. That study received more than $2.3 million from the National Institutes of Health.
On the other side of Congress, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has also touted ways to eliminate federal waste.
He recently released his annual “Festivus” report, detailing ways to reduce up to $1 trillion in waste.
Paul’s report highlighted another recent phenomenon study done by New York University to study cocaine use in rats, was also awarded more than $400,000 in federal dollars.
Other wasteful projects in the ‘Festivus’ report: $10,000 for skating drag queens, a $12 million pickleball complex project in Las Vegas and $108,000 for a non-functioning, long-abandoned hotel in the Caribbean – all courtesy of the American taxpayer.
The official DOGE X account also highlighted several US government spending projects, many of which were absurd.
‘What does the US government use taxpayer money for? ‘$6.9 million to research ‘smart toilets’ that recognize the user’s ‘anal print’ – $2.3 million for the NIH to inject dogs with cocaine – $118,000 to study whether a metal replica robot from Marvel Comics “Thanos could really snap his fingers – $75,000 in grants to a Harvard study on lizards blown off trees with leaf blowers,” the statement said.
Acacia Forgot, Sam Star and Arrietty appear during RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 Cast Visit to Rockefeller Center Ice Rink and Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Plaza on December 17, 2024 in New York City. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded the Bearded Ladies Cabaret a $10,000 grant last year to support an ice skating cabaret performance focused on climate change.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., released his annual ‘Festivus’ report highlighting federal waste
Paul also highlighted a $12 million pickleball court in Las Vegas
As well as handing out grants for ridiculous studies and remote, useless hotels, Bean told DailyMail.com that other grants, such as grants, need to be reconsidered.
“We subsidize wind and solar energy,” he said, adding, “It’s crazy how much” the feds spend supporting alternative fuel sources.
“And we know they don’t give us value for money the way fossil fuels do, including natural gas, which is cleaner and more abundant, and that will be the key to energy independence.”
Government subsidies have also come under attack from Musk, who, when he visited Capitol Hill earlier this month to tout DOGE’s pledge, told reporters, “I think we should eliminate all credits” when asked about electric vehicle subsidies.
Bean also told DailyMail.com that cuts to social security are off the table. “We are not going to cut Social Security checks,” he promised.
The Republican was also hopeful that the House of Representatives DOGE Caucus would grow, given the large turnout at the group’s first meeting the week before Christmas.
Bean told DailyMail.com that 65 of the total 435 members turned up for the first session.
He applauded three “brave” Democrats for also showing up, something he would like to see more of since cutting wasteful spending is a bipartisan interest, Bean said.
“What I’m focused on is creating that safe haven where we can all feel trust, and where we can have a forum where we can work together.”