Sen. Rand Paul Says Key to Reducing Government Waste Is Congressional Will to Cut Spending

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is glad the Government Accountability Office publishes its High Risk List of agencies and programs that need reform. But, he said it’s a useless exercise if the work stops there.
“What’s really needed is Congressional will,” said Paul, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
On Thursday, the committee heard testimony about the 2023 High Risk List from GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro.
Committee Chairman Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) said the GAO’s report had saved taxpayers more than $675 billion over the past eight years by exposing “fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement” in various agencies, and forcing those agencies to reform….}