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BEAD Funding Requires Closer Scrutiny
A new report from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spotlights the potential for waste, fraud, and abuse in federal broadband funding.
CCAGW Urges Michigan Senate to Oppose SB 483
Price controls would impede innovation and stifle competition in the pharmaceutical industry.
Citizens Against Government Waste Names FTC Chair Lina Khan September 2023 Porker of the Month
FTC Chair Lina Khan is requesting a massive 37 percent budget increase.
CAGW Files Comments on Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Draft Merger Guidance
The draft merger guidance will reduce competition and impose burdensome requirements on businesses across all industries.
CA Legislature and Gov. Newsom Should Reject Raising Taxes to Subsidize Strikers
SB 799 would extend unemployment benefits to workers on strike, delay the state's debt repayment, and raise payroll tax rates.
Wealthy Counties Still Flush with COVID Cash
Local governments continue to spend left-over "fiscal recovery" funds on wish list projects with no accountability from Congress.
Tobacco Harm Reduction Products Should Be Promoted Not Prohibited
CAGW’s issue brief demonstrates that tobacco harm reduction products are less dangerous alternatives to traditional cigarettes.
CCAGW Joins Coalition Supporting the Rural Internet Improvement Act of 2023
The USDA's ReConnect Program should be reformed to better deliver broadband dollars to rural areas that need support the most.
USF Reforms Should Include Replacing Lifeline with ACP
The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste offered its views on Universal Service reform to Congress on August 24, 2023.
CCAGW Comments to Universal Service Fund Working Group
With billions of dollars available for broadband deployment, it is difficult to justify keeping the USF at its current level.
CAGW Names House Energy-Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Chuck Fleischmann August 2023 Porker of the Month
House Energy-Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Chuck Fleischmann received $273.3 million in pork-barrel earmarks.
The 340B Drug Discount Program Needs an Overhaul
CAGW has long been concerned with the misuse of the 340B Program.











