Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
TCS on Gates Defense Reforms: One Small Step Forward
August 10, 2010 |
Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ new belt-tightening initiatives at the Department of Defense are a positive step forward. But much more... 
FutureGen: Massive Clean Coal Project Changes Track, Still Securing $1 Billion Earmarked in the Stimulus
August 04, 2010 |
Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the plan to build “FutureGen” a massive commercial “clean coal” facility in Mattoon,...
House Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Mark-Up Delayed
June 23, 2010 |
Today the House Committee on Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee was scheduled to hold the first mark-up on a Fiscal Year...
Faulty Virtual Fence Could Cost Taxpayers $8 Billion
June 20, 2010 |
A recent hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee on SBInet, Boeing’s borderland “virtual fence” that has failed to function...
New Report Urges Pentagon Role in Deficit Reduction
June 10, 2010 |
Today, the Sustainable Defense Task Force held a press conference at the Capitol Visitors Center releasing a report identifying roughly $1 trillion in Pentagon budget savings over the next ten years.
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TCS President Ryan Alexander Op-Ed: Why two jets are not better than one (Politico)
May 25, 2010 |
Today, President Ryan Alexander issued an Op-Ed to Politico.com regarding the recent $485 million alternate engine addition by the House...
DOD Audit Still Nowhere in Sight
May 09, 2010 |
The Defense Department yesterday turned over to Congress an update on its attempts to pass an audit. Though Congress mandated audits back...
Taxpayers Must Not Carry Water for Bad Projects: Comments on the Draft Principles and Standards for Water Resource Projects
April 14, 2010 |
Taxpayers for Common Sense submitted comments to the Federal Register concerning revisions to how the nation's water resources are...
TCS Supports New OMB Contracting Guidance
March 31, 2010 |
The White House took an important step this week toward rolling back one of the most pernicious pieces of contracting law on the federal...
Gates: Defense Cuts Saved Taxpayers $330 Billion
March 23, 2010 |
Eliminating wasteful defense programs like the F-22 Raptor last year saved taxpayers $330 billion, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said...
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