Government Waste
$1 million for brown tree snake research, a reptile found only in Guam that is not life threatening to humans.
$15 million for research and development of electric automibiles, on top of $75 million Congress has spent on electric car research over the past two years.
$9.7 million for the Jacksonville (Florida) Automatic Skyway Express extension project that one Transportation Department official says has turned into an expensive “amusement ride.”
$1.2 million in research funds for the potato industry even though USDA requested no funds for it.