{"id":1941904,"date":"2023-06-01T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T15:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-government-paid-to-study-cats-on-russian-treadmills-report\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T11:32:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T15:32:54","slug":"federal-government-paid-to-study-cats-on-russian-treadmills-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-government-paid-to-study-cats-on-russian-treadmills-report\/","title":{"rendered":"US Govt. funded study on cats running on Russian treadmills."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-government-paid-to-study-cats-on-russian-treadmills-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1941904&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>US Government Sent Over $1.3 Billion to China and Russia in 5 Years<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The federal government sent more than $1.3 billion in American tax dollars to China and Russia over the past five years, according to a new report from the fiscal transparency group Open the Books out Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>More than $490 million in U.S. contracts and grant money went to researchers in China while another $870 million ended up in Russia. The use of millions of American tax dollars to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-government-paid-to-study-cats-on-russian-treadmills-report\/\" title=\"US Govt. funded study on cats running on Russian treadmills.\">fund dubious foreign research earned<\/a> the Treasury Department the monthly \u201cSqueal Award\u201d presented by Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst to highlight wasteful spending.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report from Open the Books, $2 million from the federal government went to China\u2019s Wuhan Institute of Virology to conduct experiments on bat coronaviruses and \u201ctransgenic mice.\u201d Another $770,466 went to a Russian lab to study cats on treadmills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWashington\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-the-squad-spent-thousands-on-private-security-while-demanding-police-be-defunded\/\" title=\"Report: \u2018The Squad\u2019 Spent Thousands On Private Security While Demanding Police Be Defunded\">continued spending<\/a> is so out of hand, it is losing track of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-america-to-grow-washingtons-swampy-spending-spree-has-to-shrink\/\" title=\"For America To Grow, Washington\u2019s Swampy Spending Spree Has To Shrink\">hard-earned taxpayer dollars<\/a>,\u201d said Sen. Ernst in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>The billion-dollar spending spree led the Iowa lawmaker to introduce the Tracking Receipts to Adversarial Countries for Knowledge of Spending (TRACKS) Act with Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is gravely concerning that no one in Washington can actually account for millions sent to Russia and China for pointless projects,\u201d Ernst said, \u201cbut I have the receipts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The outrage over excessive spending came the same day lawmakers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-40b-ukraine-aid-package-moves-to-senate\/\" title=\"House passes B Ukraine aid package, moves to Senate\">lower chamber passed<\/a> a bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling by as much as $4 trillion over the next two years. Gallagher voted for the deal on Wednesday. Ernst said last week that \u201csubstantial\u201d cuts would be required before she could promise her support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that we can\u2019t default as a nation, but it does need to be significant,\u201d Ernst said. \u201cThere is a lot of spending, we\u2019ve seen trillions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-announces-journalists-will-now-be-allowed-to-openly-engage-in-political-activism\/\" title=\"NPR Announces Journalists Will Now Be Allowed To Openly Engage In Political Activism\">dollars flowing<\/a> out from the federal government under Democratic rule, one-sided Democratic rule, for the past number of years. We can\u2019t continue to do this. It\u2019s unsustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other items found in Wednesday\u2019s report from Open the Books include $96,875 for \u201cgender equality\u201d with an exhibit of cartoons from the New Yorker and $2.4 million for Russian addiction research.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#\">Article 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#\">Article 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#\">Article 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#\">Article 4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#\">Article 5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>The US government sent over $1.3 billion in American tax dollars to China and Russia over the past five years, according to a new report from the fiscal transparency group Open the Books out Wednesday. The report also found that millions of American tax dollars were used to fund dubious foreign research, including $2 million to China\u2019s Wuhan Institute of Virology to conduct experiments on bat coronaviruses and \u201ctransgenic mice\u201d and $770,466 to a Russian lab to study cats on treadmills. The billion-dollar spending spree has led to outrage over excessive spending and calls for accountability.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The US government sent more than $1.3 billion in American tax dollars to China and Russia over the past five years.<\/li>\n<li>More than $490 million in US contracts and grant money went to researchers in China while another $870 million ended up in Russia.<\/li>\n<li>The use of millions of American tax dollars to fund dubious foreign research earned the Treasury Department the monthly \u201cSqueal Award\u201d presented by Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst to highlight wasteful spending.<\/li>\n<li>The billion-dollar spending spree has led to outrage over excessive spending and calls for accountability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next?<\/h3>\n<p>The Tracking Receipts to Adversarial Countries for Knowledge of Spending (TRACKS) Act has been introduced to hold the government accountable for spending American tax dollars. The act was introduced by Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst and Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher. The act aims to ensure that the government can account for millions sent to Russia and China for pointless projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report from Open the Books reveals that the US government sent over $1.3bn in tax dollars to China and Russia in the past five years. 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