Rand Paul Says DOGE Has 'Brought to Light the Waste I’ve Been Highlighting Over the Last Decade'

It looks like the the Senator's annual 'Festivus Report' on wasteful government spending might finally get some serious attention. #13

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For many years, every December 23, Sen. Rand Paul releases his ‘Festivus Report,’ borrowing the fictional holiday from Seinfeld.

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In it, Paul exposes example after example after example, of the most mind-blowing, stupid government spending imaginable.

Stuff like (these are foreign aid examples of waste from Thursday’s Senate Committee hearing)…

• USAID spent $2 million on transgender surgeries, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming care in Guatemala.

• $20,000 to fund a DEI promoting drag theater in Ecuador.

• $20 million was spent to produce a new Sesame Street show in Iraq.

These are just a few examples. All paid for by U.S. taxpayer dollars.

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Yet, despite holding all this gross and absurd spending up to the sunlight once a year, so everyone can see…

No one ever does anything about.

Until now.

President Donald Trump chose Elon Musk to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency to cut wasteful government spending. Musk makes recommendations to the president for approval.

And so far, they’re wrecking shop.

Paul said in December that he was consulting with DOGE weekly.

Sen. Paul is the Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which convened on Thursday against the backdrop of DOGE to discuss the reckless spending on foreign aid.

And it didn’t take long for Sen. Paul to seem grateful that leaders were finally willing to tackle the vast amounts of waste he uncovers every year.

Paul said on Thursday, “Today, we are going to dive into the reckless and wasteful spending of our federal government—particularly when it comes to foreign aid. The United States should not be the sugar daddy for the entire world, especially not for countries and organizations who act contrary to our nations’ beliefs.”

“Our country is $36 trillion in debt, yet we continue to send billions of dollars overseas, often funding projects that are not just useless but, in many cases, actively harmful,” Paul added.

The senator added, “Taking the path to fiscal responsibility is often a lonely journey, but thanks to Elon Musk and DOGE they’ve brought to light the waste I’ve been highlighting over the last decade.”

“Every year, I release my Festivus Report to expose the ridiculous spending of the federal government, and this past year was no exception. I uncovered over $1 trillion in government waste, with the State Department and USAID being some of the worst offenders,” Paul lamented.

$1 trillion is A LOT of waste.

That, let’s face it, no one was going to do anything about unless a president like Donald Trump was elected and he created a new way, or agency, to carry this out.

Rand Paul can’t do it all by himself.

But in this new administration, who promised major cuts were, maybe Paul’s Festivus Report each year will become a list of waste Musk and DOGE can quickly dispose of?

We can only hope, but barely a month in fiscal conservatives have cause for hope.