Sen. Paul Details $52 Billion Federal ‘Waste’ in Annual ‘Festivus Report’

Sen. Paul Details $52 Billion Federal ‘Waste’ in Annual ‘Festivus Report’
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) at a Senate hearing regarding the coronavirus in Washington on March 3, 2020. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Joseph Lord
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has unveiled his annual “Festivus Report,” which tracks what he sees as “waste” spending by the federal government. According to the libertarian-leaning Kentuckian, that waste topped over $52 billion in 2021.

Since arriving in the Senate amid the Tea Party wave of 2010, Paul had made the federal budget one of his foremost concerns.