Marvel has its Avengers, DC its Justice League—and White Coat Waste Project has our own band of superheroes in the War on Waste: our super-powerful bipartisan team of Waste Warriors!
This annual award recognizes Members of Congress who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the War on Waste, by exposing and stopping $20 billion in wasteful and unnecessary taxpayer-funded animal experiments.
We are thrilled to introduce you to our 2020 honorees. These three Senators and 21 Representatives from both sides of the aisle have done so much—so, so much—to help us in our mission to advocate for taxpayers and animals. We’re also recognizing 10 previous Waste Warrior awardees for a second time because they continue to be such utterly indefatigable champions in the War on Waste.
And with that, please meet WCW’s 2020 Congressional Waste Warriors!
Click the names of our awardees to learn about each Waste Warrior’s critical work to protect taxpayers and animals.
FROM THE SENATE: Sens. Mike Braun (R-IN), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and James Lankford (R-OK).
FROM THE HOUSE: Cindy Axne (D-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), David Cicilline (D-RI), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Deb Haaland (D-NM), Josh Harder (D-CA), Fred Keller (R-PA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Scott Perry (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), David Trone (D-MD), Fred Upton (R-MI), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), and Nydia Velazquez (D-NY).
AND OUR RETURNING WASTE WARRIORS.: Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
SENATORS
- Cosponsored Delilah’s Law, to stop the federal government from spending your tax dollars to buy cats, dogs and other animals for slaughter at China’s dangerous, disease-ridden wet markets.
- Cosponsored the COST Act, a transparency bill requiring all taxpayer-funded animal experimenters to publicly disclose the cost of their wasteful projects.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- As a member of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) funding subcommittee, Sen. Feinstein supported efforts directing the FDA to reduce primate testing and to issue a report on how drug makers can avoid the agency’s cruel and wasteful dog testing mandate.
- Feinstein also spoke out against the Dept. of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) crude and outdated dog, cat, and primate testing in a letter to constituents.
- Cosponsored the COST Act and enacted the Taxpayers Right To Know Act to ensure taxpayers know how their money is being spent in animal laboratories and at other institutions receiving federal funding.
- Released annual “Federal Fumbles” reports, taking on egregious examples of government waste including a $1 million taxpayer-funded grant to study sea lions in Russia.
- Sent a letter to Congressional leadership demanding the government stop shipping taxpayer dollars to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.
REPRESENTATIVES
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Sent a letter to the FDA criticizing its outdated and cruel dog testing mandate for drug makers and to ensure companies are allowed to use more effective and efficient alternatives.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Helped introduce the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Signed a letter requesting that the VA’s 2021 funding bill include language to defund the VA’s dog experiments, a measure that passed the House of Representatives.
- Sent a letter to the FDA criticizing its outdated and cruel dog testing mandate for drug makers and to ensure companies are allowed to use more effective and efficient alternatives.
- Helped lead a successful effort to pass House legislation directing the NIH to reduce cruel and wasteful primate testing inside its federal labs
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Signed a letter requesting that the VA’s 2021 funding bill include language to defund the VA’s dog experiments, a measure that passed the House of Representatives.
- Demanded answers from the VA about deadly taxpayer-funded kitten experiments that a WCW investigation revealed.
- Cosponsored the FACT Act to improve government agencies’ reporting on progress to end animal tests.
- Sent a letter urging federal agency heads to implement retirement policies for animals who survive government experiments, helping pave the way for such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Helped introduce the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Signed a letter requesting that the VA’s 2021 funding bill include language to defund the VA’s dog experiments, a measure that passed the House of Representatives.
- Helped introduce the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Helped lead effort challenging the EPA’s “horrific and inhumane” in-house animal testing. The agency subsequently announced it would fully phase-out testing on animals.
- Helped introduce the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Sent a letter to HHS criticizing its use of taxpayer dollars to fund wasteful and cruel experiments in which human fetal tissue is implanted into animals .
- Led introduction of the AARF Act—a bill to explicitly allow drug makers to use high-tech alternatives to painful and deadly testing on puppies and other animals.
- Sent a letter to the FDA criticizing its outdated and cruel dog testing mandate for drug makers and to ensure companies are allowed to use more effective and efficient alternatives.
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Demanded answers from the VA about deadly taxpayer-funded kitten experiments that a WCW investigation revealed.
- Helped introduce the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Demanded answers from the VA about deadly taxpayer-funded kitten experiments that a WCW investigation revealed..
- Original cosponsor of the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Cosponsored the AARF Act—a bill to explicitly allow drug makers to use high-tech alternatives to painful and deadly testing on puppies and other animals.
- Sent a letter to the FDA criticizing its outdated and cruel dog testing mandate for drug makers and to ensure companies are allowed to use more effective and efficient alternatives.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Helped lead a successful effort to pass House legislation directing the NIH to reduce cruel and wasteful primate testing inside its federal labs.
Thank you @WhiteCoatWaste for your tireless efforts to stop harmful taxpayer-funded experiments on our animals. Your dedication to this important issue is inspiring. I look forward to continuing working alongside you to protect our animals & our taxpayers.https://t.co/gR7hqc7t2S
— Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick ???????? (@RepBrianFitz) April 21, 2021
Rep. Haaland is now Secretary Haaland, after being confirmed as Secretary of the Dept. of the Interior on March 15, 2021
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Signed a letter requesting that the VA’s 2021 funding bill include language to defund the VA’s dog experiments, a measure that passed the House of Representatives.
- Demanded answers from the VA about deadly taxpayer-funded kitten experiments that a WCW investigation revealed.
- Sent a letter to the FDA criticizing its outdated and cruel dog testing mandate for drug makers and to ensure companies are allowed to use more effective and efficient alternatives.
- Original cosponsor of the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
Today I was honored to receive @WhiteCoatWaste’s 2020 award for my work to stop the cruel treatment of our dogs, cats, and other pets. They may not be able to talk to us, but they deserve a voice fighting to keep them safe. pic.twitter.com/QqVdIGIs9d
— Rep. Josh Harder (@RepJoshHarder) March 17, 2021
- Cosponsored the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Cosponsored the AARF Act—a bill to explicitly allow drug makers to use high-tech alternatives to painful and deadly testing on puppies and other animals.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Signed a letter requesting that the VA’s 2021 funding bill include language to defund the VA’s dog experiments, a measure that passed the House of Representatives.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Original cosponsor of the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Demanded answers from the VA about deadly taxpayer-funded kitten experiments that a WCW investigation revealed.
- Cosponsored the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Cosponsored the FACT Act to improve government agencies’ reporting on progress to end animal tests.
Thank you, @EPTrailGazette, for sharing the news of my @WhiteCoatWaste 2020 Waste Warrior Award for our work to save animals from painful and unnecessary taxpayer-funded experiments. I look forward to continuing to save animals from this cruelty!https://t.co/NggHXGJYHe
— Rep. Joe Neguse (@RepJoeNeguse) May 7, 2021
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Original cosponsor of the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Demanded answers from the VA about deadly taxpayer-funded kitten experiments that a WCW investigation revealed.
- Original cosponsor of the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Signed a letter requesting that the VA’s 2021 funding bill include language to defund the VA’s dog experiments, a measure that passed the House of Representatives.
- Sent a letter to the FDA criticizing its outdated and cruel dog testing mandate for drug makers and to ensure companies are allowed to use more effective and efficient alternatives.
- Introduced the AARF Act—a bill to explicitly allow drug makers to use high-tech alternatives to painful and deadly testing on puppies and other animals.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Helped lead a successful effort to pass House legislation directing the NIH to reduce cruel and wasteful primate testing inside its federal labs.
- Cosponsored the FACT Act to improve government agencies’ reporting on progress to end animal tests.
- Sent a letter to the FDA criticizing its outdated and cruel dog testing mandate for drug makers and to ensure companies are allowed to use more effective and efficient alternatives.
- Introduced the AARF Act—a bill to explicitly allow drug makers to use high-tech alternatives to painful and deadly testing on puppies and other animals.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Sent a letter to Congressional leadership demanding the government stop shipping taxpayer dollars to China for animal experiments. A week later the funding was cut.
- Helped lead effort challenging the EPA’s “horrific and inhumane” in-house animal testing. The agency subsequently announced it would fully phase-out testing on animals.
Members of the #Florida Delegation Honored by @WhiteCoatWaste for Efforts Against Animal Experiments:https://t.co/dl2DRU8NO5#WhiteCoatWasteProject #AnimalAbuse #AnimalExperiments pic.twitter.com/HiiJE4RoBR
— FloridaDaily.com (@FL_Daily) March 29, 2021
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Signed a letter requesting that the VA’s 2021 funding bill include language to defund the VA’s dog experiments, a measure that passed the House of Representatives.
- Demanded answers from the VA about deadly taxpayer-funded kitten experiments that a WCW investigation revealed.
- Sent a letter to Congressional leadership demanding the government stop shipping taxpayer dollars to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology for risky coronavirus animal experiments that many believe may have caused the COVID-19 pandemic. A week later the funding was cut.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Sent a letter to HHS criticizing its use of taxpayer dollars to fund wasteful and cruel experiments in which human fetal tissue is implanted into animals.
- Cosponsored the AARF Act—a bill to explicitly allow drug makers to use high-tech alternatives to painful and deadly testing on puppies and other animals.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Original cosponsor of the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
I’m honored to receive @WhiteCoatWaste’s 2020 Waste Warrior for my work to stop unnecessary & cruel government experiments on dogs, cats, & other animals. I will continue to support these vital efforts to protect animals and taxpayers. pic.twitter.com/AKBFntGs6N
— Mike Quigley (@RepMikeQuigley) March 17, 2021
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the FACT Act to improve government agencies’ reporting on progress to end animal tests.
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
Rep. David Trone (D-MD)
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Helped lead a successful effort to pass House legislation directing the NIH to reduce cruel and wasteful primate testing inside its federal labs.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Signed a letter requesting that the VA’s 2021 funding bill include language to defund the VA’s dog experiments, a measure that passed the House of Representatives.
- Sent a letter to Congressional leadership demanding the government stop shipping taxpayer dollars to China for animal experiments. A week later the funding was cut.
- Demanded answers from the VA about deadly taxpayer-funded kitten experiments that a WCW investigation revealed.
- Cosponsored the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Original cosponsor of the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Signed a letter requesting that the VA’s 2021 funding bill include language to defund the VA’s dog experiments, a measure that passed the House of Representatives.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
RETURNING WASTE WARRIORS
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
- Signed a lettercriticizing the NIH’s cruel and wasteful primate testing, and led a successful effort to pass House legislation directing the NIH to reduce cruel and wasteful primate testing inside its federal labs
- Cosponsored the AARF Act—a bill to explicitly allow drug makers to use high-tech alternatives to painful and deadly testing on puppies and other animals.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Helped introduce the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the VA, leading to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing .
- Helped introduce the FACT Act to improve government agencies’ reporting on progress to end animal tests.
- Demanded answers from the VA about deadly taxpayer-funded kitten experiments that a WCW investigation revealed.
- Led introduction of the AARF Act and sent a letter to the FDA to explicitly allow drug makers to use high-tech alternatives to painful and deadly testing on puppies and other animals.
- Cosponsored the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Led introduction of the AFTER Act and pressured agency heads to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Pushing for the defunding of wasteful and cruel DOJ medical training drills in which live animals are shot, stabbed and burned.
- Original cosponsor of the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing .
- Cosponsored the FACT Act to improve government agencies’ reporting on progress to end animal tests.
- Helped lead a successful effort to pass House legislation directing the NIH to reduce cruel and wasteful primate testing inside its federal labs.
- Pressed the FDA to cut cruel and wasteful primate testing.
- Helped lead effort challenging the EPA’s “horrific and inhumane” in-house animal testing. The agency subsequently announced it would fully phase-out testing on animals.
I’m honored to receive @WhiteCoatWaste’s Waste Warrior award–for the 2nd time–for my work to combat wasteful and cruel government experiments on dogs, cats & other animals. I will continue to support these vital efforts to get animals out of labs and save taxpayers money. pic.twitter.com/CUxZKbpEPg
— Rep. Brendan Boyle (@CongBoyle) March 18, 2021
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Cosponsored the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Original cosponsor of the FACT Act to improve government agencies’ reporting on progress to end animal tests.
- Sent a letter to Congressional leadership demanding the government stop shipping taxpayer dollars to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology for risky coronavirus animal experiments that many believe may have caused the COVID-19 pandemic. A week later the funding was cut.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Led the historic effort to secure a phase-out of all EPA animal testing by 2035.
- Introduced the FACT Act to improve government agencies’ reporting on progress to end animal tests.
- Successfully enacted legislation directing federal agencies to develop better systems to measure their progress towards ending painful and wasteful toxicity tests on animals.
- Pressed the National Toxicology Program for details about its unnecessary and cruel multi-million-dollar animal testing, and efforts to curtail it.
- Original cosponsor of the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Cosponsored the AARF Act—a bill to explicitly allow drug makers to use high-tech alternatives to painful and deadly testing on puppies and other animals.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing .
- Demanded the NIH provide answers about disturbing monkey experiments.
- Helped lead effort challenging the EPA’s “horrific and inhumane” in-house animal testing. The agency subsequently announced it would fully phase-out testing on animals.
- Original cosponsor of the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Original cosponsor of the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Pushing for the defunding of wasteful and cruel DOJ medical training drills in which live animals are shot, stabbed and burned.
- Original cosponsor of the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing .
- Cosponsored the FACT Act to improve government agencies’ reporting on progress to end animal tests.
- Sent a letter to the FDA criticizing its outdated and cruel dog testing mandate for drug makers and to ensure companies are allowed to use more effective and efficient alternatives.
- Sent a letter to Congressional leadership demanding the government stop shipping taxpayer dollars to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology for risky coronavirus animal experiments that many believe may have caused the COVID-19 pandemic. A week later the funding was cut.
- Helped lead a successful effort to pass House legislation directing the NIH to reduce cruel and wasteful primate testing inside its federal labs.
- Pressed the FDA to cut cruel and wasteful primate testing.
- Sent a letter to HHS criticizing its use of taxpayer dollars to fund wasteful and cruel experiments in which human fetal tissue is implanted into animals .
- Helped lead effort challenging the EPA’s “horrific and inhumane” in-house animal testing. The agency subsequently announced it would fully phase-out testing on animals.
- Sent a letter to the National Toxicology Program demanding details about planned animal testing for “herbal abortion” supplement dong quai.
I’m honored to receive @WhiteCoatWaste’s Waste Warrior award a second time for my work to combat wasteful and cruel taxpayer-funded experiments on dogs, cats, and other animals! pic.twitter.com/SLlhHhdH8d
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) March 23, 2021
- Original cosponsor of the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Original cosponsor of the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Sent a letter to the VA and was an original cosponsor of the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Successfully pressured the LA VA to shut down secretive and deadly narcolepsy experiments on dogs.
- Demanded the NIH provide answers about disturbing monkey experiments.
- Sent a letter to the DOJ criticizing its use of “live tissue training” in which live animals are shot, burned and stabbed to allegedly teach medical skills.
Thank you, @TheMalibuTimes, for sharing the news of our @WhiteCoatWaste 2020 Waste Warrior Award for our work to save animals from cruel and unnecessary taxpayer-funded experiments and provide survivors the chance to be adopted into loving homes. https://t.co/Ofb5hZccJe
— Rep. Ted Lieu (@RepTedLieu) May 19, 2021
Honored to received @WhiteCoatWaste‘s Waste Warrior Award for our work to end cruel and wasteful taxpayer-funded animal experiments. pic.twitter.com/p52dgoLfi3
— Rep. Ted Lieu (@RepTedLieu) March 25, 2021
- Led a letter to the VA and the introduction of the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Helped introduce the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Led introduction of the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Led letters to the VA and the introduction of the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Led effort to defund wasteful and cruel DOJ medical training drills in which live animals are shot, stabbed and burned.
- Cosponsored the FACT Act to improve government agencies’ reporting on progress to end animal tests.
- Demanded answers from the NIH about wasteful and bizarre psychological experiments on primates.
- Sent a letter to HHS criticizing its use of taxpayer dollars to fund wasteful and cruel experiments in which human fetal tissue is implanted into animals.
I will continue to fight against the use of taxpayer money to fund harmful experiments on dogs, cats, and other animals.
This is YOUR money. It belongs in your pocket, not being used to tortured animals. https://t.co/CvEVLTVVvi
— Rep. Brian Mast (@RepBrianMast) March 31, 2021
- Introduced the CATS Act to permanently end painful testing on kittens and cats by the VA.
- Introduced the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Helped introduce the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
- Helped introduce the FACT Act to improve government agencies’ reporting on progress to end animal tests.
- Sent a letter to the FDA criticizing its outdated and cruel dog testing mandate for drug makers and to ensure companies are allowed to use more effective and efficient alternatives.
- Helped lead a successful effort to pass House legislation directing the NIH to reduce cruel and wasteful primate testing inside its federal labs.
I’m proud to be a @WhiteCoatWaste Warrior. I will continue my work to end painful and unnecessary testing on dogs and cats by federal agencies.https://t.co/hdYTfwi02L
— Dina Titus (@dinatitus) April 9, 2021
I am proud of my work to advance animal welfare and end painful and unnecessary testing on dogs and cats by federal agencies. Thank you @WhiteCoatWaste for this distinction.https://t.co/5I9zpvyHEL
— Dina Titus (@repdinatitus) April 26, 2021
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- As Chairwoman of the VA’s funding committee, led a successful House effort to defund the VA’s painful dog testing. and secured a 2025 phase-out for VA testing on dogs, cats and primates .
- Cosponsored the PUPPERS Act to end painful dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which led to the end of many experiments and helped secure a 2025 phase-out of the testing.
- Cosponsored the AFTER Act, to allow animals to be retired from government labs when testing ends, which has helped secure such policies at the VA, FDA and NIH.
- Cosponsored the KITTEN Act which prompted the USDA to shut down the “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab, the federal government’s biggest cat lab.
Wouldn’t you like to see your representatives on this list of Waste Warriors? Please urge your Members of Congress to join these leaders’ efforts to end wasteful taxpayer-funded animal experiments!