Uncovered: Wasteful Government Spending

by Craig Goldman on March 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM

Alongside President Donald Trump, I am committed to eliminating wasteful and fraudulent federal government spending. With over $36 trillion in national debt, reckless government overspending must end. I have put together a non-exhaustive list of taxpayer dollars wasted and mismanaged under the Biden administration. This list has been identified through the incredible work of the White House, executive agencies, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and my colleagues in the U.S. Congress. I will be updating this tracker regularly as more waste and fraud are exposed.

The below list includes taxpayer dollars channeled through agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Inter-American Foundation (IAF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of State (DOS), U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Government Waste Tracker:

$22,600,000,000 (HHS) – Aiding illegal migrants through resettlement programs, home and car purchases, and loans
$312,000,000 (SBA) – Providing business loans for children 11 years old and under
$59,000,000 (FEMA) – Supplying services and housing for illegal immigrants in New York City
$17,300,000 (USAID) – Providing the Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship Program to students in Burma
$13,200,000 (USAID) – Supporting biodiversity programs in Liberia
$11,000,000 (USAID) – Producing the Middle Eastern version of Sesame Street in Iraq
$10,300,000 (USAID) – Supporting male circumcision programs in Mozambique
$9,000,000 (USAID) – Stolen humanitarian aid by Al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists
$6,200,000 (NIH) – Studying the effects of asthma on transgender individuals in the U.S.
$5,700,000 (DOS) – Supporting programs for LGBTQ+ individuals in Latin America and the Caribbean
$5,100,000 (NIH) – Testing the effects of cross-sex hormone therapy on transgender individuals in the U.S.
$2,500,000 (USAID) – Supporting green energy businesses in Vietnam
$2,000,000 (USAID) – Supporting gender-affirming healthcare and LGBTQ+ advocacy in Guatemala
$1,600,000 (NIH) – Testing the reproductive health of transgender individuals in the U.S.
$1,500,000 (USAID) – Promoting DEI business policies and LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship in Serbia
$910,000 (NIH) – Testing the effects of “gender-affirming” hormone therapy on the immune system in the U.S.
$900,000 (IAF) – Supporting alpaca farming in Peru
$755,000 (NIH) – Testing the effects of “gender-affirming” hormone therapy on bone development in the U.S.
$731,000 (IAF) – Improving the commercial viability of mushroom and pea farming in Guatemala
$677,000 (IAF) – Promoting fruit and jam sales in Honduras
$599,000 (NIH) – Testing the risk of breast cancer for transgender men in the U.S.
$483,000 (IAF) – Supporting the production of artisanal salt in Ecuador
$400,000 (DOS) – Supporting LGBTQ+ sensitivity trainings for police forces in Nigeria
$374,000 (USDA) – Hiring a DEI onboarding specialist at the USDA
$323,000 (IAF) – Promoting cultural support for Venezuelan migrants in Brazil
$300,000 (DOS) – Promoting acceptance for LGBTQ+ people in Botswana
$298,000 (USDA) – Promoting international development for underrepresented communities
$229,000 (USDA) – Hiring a Brazilian forest and gender consultant at the USDA
$209,000 (DOS) – Funding an intranational study trip on LGBTQ+ advocacy
$185,000 (DOS) – Promoting the empowerment of lesbian and bisexual women in Belize
$70,000 (DOS) – Producing a DEI music event in Ireland
$68,000 (DOS) – Funding dance class workshops in China
$32,000 (DOS) – Creating an LGBTQ+ comic book in Peru
$29,000 (USDA) – Hiring a Central American gender assessment consultant at the USDA
$25,000 (DOS) – Funding a transgender opera in Colombia