In a major win for taxpayers and animals, the House of Representatives just passed the 2026 Farm Bill with three bipartisan amendments backed by White Coat Waste (WCW) that cut U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding for wasteful, cruel animal experiments at home and abroad and retire animals from government labs.
Thrilled that both of my amendments restricting USDA funding for animal research conducted in adversarial nations like China and Russia and restricting USDA funding for the most painful research on dogs and cats were included in the FARM Bill that passed today. https://t.co/jsy0e6A6r7
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) April 30, 2026
The Farm Bill includes measures supported by WCW, led by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and cosponsored by Reps. Nancy Mace (R-SC), Scott Perry (R-PA), and Dina Titus (D-NV) that defund maximum pain experiments on dogs and cats and cut USDA funding for animal testing conducted in or with China, Russia, and other adversarial countries.
I am pleased that three of my animal welfare provisions were passed by the House today:
➡️Ending inhumane USDA-funded experiments on dogs and cats,
➡️Prohibiting @USDA funding for animal labs in countries of concern, and,
➡️Streamlining the process of adoption for animals no… pic.twitter.com/y8C8CqgBx6— Dina Titus (@repdinatitus) April 30, 2026
For years, WCW has been lobbying for these reforms, following our investigations that exposed USDA funding for maximum pain kitten cannibalism experiments, deadly COVID tests on cats, and drug toxicity tests on dogs. WCW also uncovered (and ended) USDA funding for bird flu gain-of-function experiments with Wuhan-linked mad scientists in China and deadly tests on foxes at a Kremlin-controlled experimental fur farm.
VICTORY:
The House just voted to save the lives of countless innocent dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, and guinea pigs in taxpayer-funded labs.
We helped introduce Violet’s Law, and this amendment had our full support.
It was just included in the Farm Bill, thanks to bipartisan… pic.twitter.com/rHlfhveKlS
— White Coat Waste (@WhiteCoatWaste) April 30, 2026
The Farm Bill also includes Rep. Mace’s amendment with Rep. Titus adding Violet’s Law, named after a hound rescued by WCW from a taxpayer-funded lab, which requires all federal labs to make adoption an option for animals when testing ends.
The House just passed a Farm Bill that includes multiple provisions I advocated for to ensure more humane treatment of animals. pic.twitter.com/yklXR2osGc
— Rep. Nicole Malliotakis Office (@RepNicole) April 30, 2026
Next, the Senate needs to take action on the Farm Bill before it heads to the president’s desk.
The solution to saving lab animals is simple:
