House Oversight Subcommittee investigates millions in taxpayer funds wasted on cruel animal testing.
They’re doing gender experiments on animals.
At a Glance
- Federal government spends over $20 billion annually on ineffective animal testing
- Subcommittee questions necessity and ethics of experiments, including “transgender” animal studies
- Experts advocate for more accurate, human-centric research methods
- Hearing aims to explore technological alternatives to animal testing
Taxpayer-Funded Animal Cruelty Under Scrutiny
The House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation has launched an investigation into the ethical breaches in taxpayer-funded animal testing. The probe comes amid growing concerns over the misuse of substantial public resources for experiments deemed ethically questionable and scientifically ineffective.
Subcommittee Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is leading the charge, questioning the allocation of millions of dollars to create “transgender animals” and other controversial experiments. The hearing, titled “Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty,” aims to shed light on these practices and explore more humane alternatives.
Billions Wasted on Ineffective Research
Justin Goodman from the White Coat Waste Project provided shocking testimony about the scale of taxpayer-funded animal testing. “Many people don’t realize that the U.S. government is the single largest funder of animal testing in the country, and, in fact, the world. Based on government documents, we estimate that over $20 billion a year of taxpayers’ money is wasted on ineffective and inhumane tests on tens of millions of puppies, kittens and other animals in the U.S. and in hundreds of foreign laboratories,” Goodman said.
Rep. Eli Crane highlighted the vast amount of taxpayer money wasted on animal testing, including $241 million on transgender animal testing. This revelation has sparked outrage among conservatives who question the necessity and ethical implications of such experiments.
Pushing for Humane Alternatives
Dr. Paul Locke from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health emphasized the potential of human-centric techniques in research. “Scientific advancements have created multiple opportunities for us to develop and deploy more human centric techniques in toxicology and biomedical research and therefore call into question our current reliance on animal testing,” Locke stated.
Rep. Eric Burlison suggested using AI and quantum computing as alternatives to animal testing. Goodman confirmed that these advanced technologies are indeed more accurate and efficient for research than traditional animal testing methods.
Call for Accountability and Reform
Chairwoman Mace expressed her concerns about the current state of animal testing in federal research. “Experimenting on animals when more effective alternatives exist is a waste of taxpayer dollars. Animal testing inflicts unnecessary suffering, has major scientific limitations, and fails to reliably predict real-world human outcomes,” Mace said.
The subcommittee’s investigation aims to align financial allocations with public ethical values, ensuring that taxpayer money supports humane, progressive scientific research. As the hearing continues, it is clear that the push for accountability and reform in federally funded animal testing is gaining momentum, with potential far-reaching implications for the future of scientific research in America.
