At least $241 million in taxpayer funds was spent on transgender surgeries and animal experiments, prompting a congressional lawmaker to question the rationale behind the expenditures.
Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., on Wednesday, said spending millions on such treatments was “insane, right?”
During a Feb. 6 House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing titled: “Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty,” earlier this month, Justin Goodman of the White Coat Waste Project (WCW) watchdog group said the federal government spent millions on “transgender animal testing.”
Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., at a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing. Crane’s questioning during a recent committee hearing revealed that $241 million in taxpayer money has been used to study transgender surgeries and treatments on animals. (House Committee on Oversight and Reform)
“I would say that’s the floor, not the ceiling,” Goodman told Crane.
“In a lot of these cases, they involve mice, rats, monkeys, who are being surgically mutilated and subjected to hormone therapies to mimic female to male or male to female gender transitions, gender-affirming hormone therapies, and then looking at the biological, psychological and physiological effects of the gender transitions, looking at the effects of taking vaccines after you’ve transitioned these animals from male to female or female to male, looking at the size of their genitals changing after you’ve put them on estrogen or testosterone therapies to transition them,” he added.
In one instance, a $1.1 million grant was handed out to give female lab rats testosterone to mimic transgender male humans and observed to determine if they are likely to overdose on a rape drug, he said.
A pair of beagles seen at a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing where Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., a day earlier asked for therapy dogs for his Democratic colleagues over “meltdowns” during a hearing. (House Committee on Oversight and Reform)
Goodman added that many of the taxpayer-funded animal studies aren’t shared with the public.
“You essentially need a degree in information technology to navigate the federal spending databases to find any of this stuff,” he said, adding that the databases aren’t transparent “by design.”
Goodman said the WCW estimates that more than $20 billion has been spent on ineffective animal research.
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Justin Goodman of the White Coat Waste Project testifying before lawmakers at a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing. (House Committee on Oversight and Reform)
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), funded 95% of the transgender animal experiments, Goodman said, citing a WCW analysis.
In 2024, $10 million was spent on creating transgender animals, a study by the White Coat Waste Project revealed.
“Last year, the White Coat Waste Project exposed more than $10 million in taxpayer funds that were spent creating transgender mice, rats and monkeys,” Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., at the hearing. “These DEI grants funded painful and deadly transgender experiments that forced lab animals to undergo invasive surgeries and hormone therapies at universities across the country.”
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., questions United Sates Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Mace then criticized the Biden administration’s agenda for allowing taxpayer dollars to fund “surgically mutating animal genitals.”
“The U.S. government spends in excess of $20 billion a year conducting experiments on animals,” Mace said. “We spent over $1 million to find out if female rats receiving testosterone therapy were more likely to overdose on a date rape drug. That’s what your taxpayer dollars were being spent on.”
Goodman noted that animal testing is incredibly “inaccurate and expensive” and “not very good at projecting the human health effects or environmental effects of chemicals and pesticides.” He also noted that the Biden administration overturned a Trump-era plan to phase out animal testing.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Crane’s office.
