WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released his 2025 “Festivus” Report, totaling $1,639,135,969,608 in government waste.
This marks Dr. Paul’s eleventh edition of the Festivus Report as he continues working to alert the American people to how their federal government uses their hard-earned money.
Some of the highlights include cash going toward experiments teaching ferrets to binge drink alcohol and dosing dogs with cocaine (again). It wouldn’t be a Festivus Waste celebration without mentioning the $2.1 million spent for researchers to collect saliva samples and survey partiers at EDM clubs and festivals in New York City about their drug use. White Coat Waste helped us uncover hundreds of millions of your hard-earned tax dollars funding labs, gain-of-function research, and brutal experiments on dogs, monkeys, and rats. That includes over $13.8 million on beagle experiments, $14,643,280 to make monkeys play a “Price Is Right”-inspired video game, and so much more. Year after year, Washington continues to waste taxpayer dollars, adding $1.2 trillion in interest payments alone to the national debt.
You can find Dr. Paul’s 2025 Festivus Report here.
“No matter how much taxpayer money Washington burns through, politicians can’t help but demand more. Fiscal responsibility may not be the most crowded road, but it’s one I’ve walked year after year — and this holiday season will be no different. So, before we get to the Feats of Strength, it’s time for my Airing of (Spending) Grievances,” said Chairman Rand Paul.
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