{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-lankford-releases-federal-government-waste-report", "Senator Lankford Releases Federal Government Waste Report", "2017-11-27", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "OK", "James Lankford", "L000575", "www.lankford.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.27.17\n\t\t\t Senator Lankford Releases Federal Government Waste Report \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 During a press conference, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today released his annual government waste and solutions report. This is the third volume of Lankford\u2019s book entitled, Federal Fumbles: 100 ways the government dropped the ball. The report lists $473.6 billion in wasteful and inefficient federal spending and solutions to each of the examples of government waste. The current federal debt is $20.49 trillion. The one-year deficit for Fiscal Year 2017 was $666 billion.\r\n\u201cDuring 2017, we\u2019ve worked to roll back wasteful spending and a number of harmful and burdensome regulations from the two previous\u00a0Federal Fumbles\u00a0reports,\u201d said Lankford. \u201cThe outrageous federal deficit remains too high. Unfortunately, Washington, DC seems to be distracted and the deficit has started increasing again. Our $20 trillion national debt will continue to increase until we implement spending cuts, government reforms, and create a healthy economy. This\u00a0Federal Fumbles\u00a0report provides commonsense examples of ways to limit our spending and fix government inefficiency. Every American should have access to how their tax dollars are spent. Congress should pass my Taxpayers Right to Know Act to give each American the opportunity to see how their hard-earned tax dollars are spent.\u201d\r\nCLICK HERE to access the full report. CLICK HERE for a summary of the report.\u00a0CLICK HERE to watch Senator Lankford's press conference.\r\n###\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-lankford-releases-federal-government-waste-report"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7185039576143026, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}