Pappas Introduces First Bill of 119th Congress to Responsibly Cut Wasteful Government Spending; Strengthen Essential Programs
Pappas first introduced this bipartisan legislation in 2023 to require the President to consider annual report on wasteful, overlapping, or duplicative programs when submitting a budget
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced his first bill of the 119th Congress, the Fighting Budget Waste Act. This bipartisan bill will save taxpayer dollars by requiring the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to consider the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) annual report on federal programs with fragmented, overlapping, or duplicative goals from the prior year to address problems with those programs and reduce costs.
“As we continue working to bring down costs for Granite Staters, it’s critical that the government take advantage of every opportunity to reduce our deficit, in a measured, responsible manner,” said Congressman Pappas. “While the Trump administration this week tried to unilaterally eliminate access to programs that support housing development, substance abuse treatment, and public safety, I’m reintroducing my legislation to make our government more efficient by consolidating overlapping and duplicative programs. This is a common-sense approach to reducing spending and improving the overall efficiency of our government, by requiring the President to take OMB’s existing report into account when creating the annual budget. This bipartisan legislation will help us take tangible action to cut unnecessary spending, and I am glad to partner with colleagues from both sides of the aisle to introduce it.”
Representatives Pat Fallon (TX-04), Zach Nunn (IA-03), Daniel Webster (FL-11), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Ed Case (HI-01) joined Congressman Pappas in introducing this legislation.
Background:
Pappas first introduced this legislation at the start of the 118th Congress.
In 2024, as the budget process for FY 2025 began, Pappas led a bipartisan call for President Biden’s OMB to heed the goals of this legislation and take GAO’s annual report on annual report on federal programs with fragmented, overlapping, or duplicative goals into consideration during the budget process. By doing so, OMB would have been able to reduce costs, reduce the deficit, and ensure that these programs could be administered more effectively.