{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/dr-rand-paul-releases-2020-festivus-report-government-waste", "Dr. Rand Paul Releases 2020 \u2018Festivus\u2019 Report on Government Waste", "2020-12-22", "2020", "2020-12", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATERELEASE:  \r\n\t\t\t\tDecember 22, 2020  Contact:Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343\r\n\r\n\t\t\t  WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY),chairman of the Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management (FSO)Subcommitteefor the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), released his 2020 Festivus Report, totaling over $54 billion in government waste.  \r\n\t\t\t\t  \r\n\t\t\t\tThis marks Dr. Paul's sixth edition of the Festivus Report as he continues working to alert the American people to how their federal government uses their hard-earned money.  \r\n\t\t\t\t  \r\n\t\t\t\tThis year, each story received a Platinum Pig Award that ranked the waste on a scale of 1-5 (with 5 being the most wasteful).  \r\n\t\t\t\t  \r\n\t\t\t\tSections are broken down into Health Care; Foreign Aid; Environment, Energy, Science; Military; and Miscellaneous, and highlights include lizards on treadmills, losing over 100 drones in Afghanistan, and combating binge-watching.  \r\n\t\t\t\t  \r\n\t\t\t\tYou can find Dr. Paul's 2020 Festivus Report HERE.\r\n\r\n\t\t\t  \r\n\t\t\t\t###", 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.paul.senate.gov/news/dr-rand-paul-releases-2020-festivus-report-government-waste"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.540306955575943, "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"}