ICYMI: Lankford Releases Federal Fumbles Report, Pushes to Waste Less and Save More

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Republican Conference Vice Chair, delivered a floor speech announcing the latest edition of his government waste book, Federal Fumbles: A Playbook for DOGE.

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View the speech HERE or download it HERE.  

Excerpts

“But Oklahomans that I talked to aren’t offended that we’re actually cutting back on waste. Now, they may have questions about how it’s done and the speed and where it comes out. And those are all reasonable questions we should have a national dialog on. But when Oklahomans hear that USAID last year did a grant of $32,000 to create a comic book about transgenders in Peru, they would say to me, ‘Hey, I’d like to be able to spend that $32,000 myself, rather than the transgender comic book in Peru.’ If the folks in Peru want that comic book, maybe they should pay for it, not American taxpayers.

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“Let’s figure it out. The most simple thing that we do every year when we bring out this Federal Fumbles book is say, here are things we can talk about… But government inefficiency shouldn’t be partisan, shouldn’t be controversial. And for those that have joined all of us that have worked on this for years to expose waste in government, welcome to the club. We’re glad to have folks engaging on this. I’m not critical. I’m excited that you’re here because we need more help.

“People in Oklahoma, my state, lose their hard-earned tax money on things that aren’t education, aren’t roads, aren’t national defense. They’re waste. And that’s what people want to see stop. So I know I encourage people to be able to just take a glance. It’s easy reading lots of pictures. I know they encourage people to take a glance at our Federal Fumble book that’s released. But I encourage every member of this body to assign their staff to go look for waste. And then let’s sit down together and see if we can figure out how to make it stop. We should waste less and save more. It shouldn’t be that hard.” 

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