The House Oversight Subcommittee on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) held a hearing Tuesday titled “Locking in the DOGE Cuts: Ending Waste, Fraud, and Abuse for Good,” where lawmakers examined federal spending reductions and questioned the justification for certain taxpayer-funded research.
Rep. Brandon Gil (R-TX) focused his remarks on several grants previously funded by federal agencies but later pulled back as part of DOGE’s review of expenditures.
He directed his questions at Emily DiVito, Senior Advisor for Economic Policy at the Groundwork Collaborative, who was invited by Democratic members to testify on the perceived negative impacts of DOGE’s spending cuts.
During the hearing, Gil cited multiple examples of grants that had been revoked, raising questions about whether the federal government should be investing in projects with such subject matter.
He pointed specifically to research initiatives related to “birthing people,” teen pregnancy prevention programs for transgender boys, and mathematical conferences focused on women and nonbinary individuals.
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