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Taxpayer, you and White Coat Waste (WCW) Project are
fighting the War on Waste at home AND abroad.
ICYMI, we recently exposed
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PROGRESS: Now, following our investigation and your advocacy, Congress is taking action!
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Taxpayer, I pasted our latest blog
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waste – and save A LOT of lives.
And rest assured Taxpayer, we won’t stop campaigning
until we STOP all Worldwide Waste!
Thanks,
Devin Murphy
Public Policy & Communications Manager
White Coat Waste Project
P.S. To stop your tax dollars from funding the world’s worst animal labs, please contact your members of Congress
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BIPARTISAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CALL FOR DEFUNDING RUSSIAN ANIMAL LABS AFTER WCW
EXPOSÉ
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Every year, in a process called “appropriations,” Congress sets the budget for
federal departments and agencies — determining how much money they will get, and
how they are allowed to spend it. Appropriations take a while because it’s hard
for Congress to come to an agreement on…well, anything, really.
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But issues related to taxpayer-funded animal experiments often rise above the
fray of partisan bickering — which is why White Coat Waste Project (WCW) has
always worked with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, and why we’ve been able
to achieve so much under Republican and Democrat administrations alike. We’re proud to be a big tent!
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Now, with Congress in the middle of appropriations season, a bipartisan array of
lawmakers is working hard to ensure that no more American tax dollars are sent
to Vladimir Putin’s animal labs.
In case you missed it, we recently revealed
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of Physiology in St. Petersburg, Russia, where it was spent on cruel and
wasteful experiments on cats. This wasn’t a grant we dredged up from long ago —
the experiments were funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) as
recently as 2021!
On April 27, Reps. Lisa McClain (R-MI), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and 27 bipartisan
colleagues sent a letter to the heads of the appropriations subcommittee that
sets the budget for the NIH. The letter (available in full here
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the NIH from sending one red cent of your tax money to Russian animal labs.
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If that sounds like common sense to you, you’re not alone: a recent poll from
Lincoln Park Strategies found that 76% of Americans supported canceling grants
to Russian animal laboratories.
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The NIH is addicted to spending. As our “ Worldwide Waste
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and an estimated $140 million was shipped to foreign animal labs in 2020.
U.S. taxpayers shouldn’t have to bankroll international animal torture. Rep.
McClain’s bipartisan request, if approved by the Appropriations Committee, would
be a step in the right direction — and a victory for taxpayers, animals, and
common sense.
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So would her AFAR Act
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countries deemed “foreign adversaries.”
As the Appropriations Committee finalizes its spending bills for the year, we’ll
keep you posted if Putin’s animal labs are finally defunded. While we’re
waiting, though, you can help! Tell Congress to pass the AFAR Act today!
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CONTACT CONGRESS
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wasteful government spending.
We find, expose, and de-fund wasteful government spending on animal experiments.
To change public policy, we unite liberty lovers and animal lovers with
hard-hitting investigations and public policy campaigns.
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