Demand Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Abuse of Public Funds

The Trump administration has claimed they are focused on ending rampant waste of federal funds. However, they have repeatedly prioritized lavish spending — without the legally required congressional authorization — on Trump’s personally demanded projects while neglecting funding requests from government agencies to address specific public needs. They have also illegally rescinded support for existing programs that provide key services for Americans and our allies, often leading to the waste of valuable goods that were already funded and procured.

• Trump is spending roughly $200 million to build a new White House ballroom and nearly $1 billion to retrofit a “gifted” Qatari jet.

• The State Department is set to destroy $800,000 worth of emergency food and $9.7 million in contraceptives already purchased for distribution by the now-defunded USAID.

• HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has cancelled $500 million in contracts for the further development of mRNA vaccines.

• Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy has announced plans to end key climate-monitoring satellite missions and instead build a nuclear reactor on the moon.

• The EPA has cancelled $7 billion in solar energy grants, while the Interior Department has canceled dozens of wind farm projects.

This administration is gutting services that benefit the American people while spending wildly, and illegally, on the whims of an authoritarian leader. Congress has the sole constitutional authority of federal spending and must conduct transparent oversight into how our tax dollars are being spent.