This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2024 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by <a href="https://www.factset.com/" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_factset">Factset</a>. Powered and implemented by <a href="https://www.factset.com/solutions/business-needs/digital-solutions" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_factset_digital_solutions">FactSet Digital Solutions</a>. <a href="https://www.factset.com/privacy" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_factset_privacy">Legal Statement</a>. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by <a href="https://lipperalpha.refinitiv.com/" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_refinitive_info">Refinitiv Lipper</a>. <br>Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ken., talks about the debt ceiling and government spending on ‘Sunday Morning Futures.’<br>Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is calling out the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> for spending over a trillion taxpayer dollars on "government waste" this year, including on a bearded lady cabaret show, Arabic Sesame Street, and "girl-centered climate action."<br>The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kentucky senator</a> released his annual "Festivus" report that details different ways in which the current administration spent taxpayer dollars throughout the year. <br>The 2024 Festivus Waste Report found that the Biden-Harris administration spent over $1 trillion this year, including giving a $10,000 grant to "Beards on Ice" — an ice skating drag show on climate change put on by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, a self-described "queer cabaret arts organization."<br>Additionally, the Agency for International Development (USAID) spent $20 million on a Sesame Street spin-off show in Iraq, titled "Ahlan Simsim," in an effort to promote "inclusion" and "mutual respect."<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wheres-biden-lame-duck-president-slammed-quiet-quitting-amid-major-government-funding-battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>WHERE'S BIDEN? LAME-DUCK PRESIDENT SLAMMED FOR ‘QUIET QUITTING’ AMID MAJOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING BATTLE</u></strong></a><br><span> Members of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret cross Broad St., before a march by supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in Philadelphia, Pa., on the first day of the Democratic National Convention, July 25, 2016.</span> <span>(Tom Williams)</span><br>About $1.5 was spent experimenting how different species, such as young female kittens, respond to motion sickness. <br>According to the report, researchers would strap kittens to a table, where they are spun around in several directions and have holes drilled into their skulls to keep them in place — "and it’s all being done with your money," Paul writes in the report. "More than one and a half million dollars of it."<br>The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reportedly gave New York University (NYU) over $400,000 to study whether lonely rats seek cocaine more than rats who are in positive environments, while the Department of the Interior (DOI) allocated $12 million to fund a pickleball complex in Las Vegas, according to the report.<br><span>Basma, Muppet From Ahlan Simsim, Sesame Street, speaks onstage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit - Day 1 at Grand Hyatt New York on September 23, 2019 in New York City.</span> <span>(Riccardo Savi)</span><br>"Now, did the government really need to spend nearly half a million dollars to verify that social isolation and starvation may lead to increased drug usage? One thing is for sure, we must end this rat-wheel of waste!" Paul wrote in the report.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/34-house-republicans-who-voted-against-bill-avert-partial-government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>THE 34 HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST A BILL TO AVERT A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN</strong></a><br>The State Department spent $3 million on "Girl-Centered Climate Action" in Brazil, a program reportedly designed to "empower young women to become <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/science/planet-earth/climate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climate leaders</a> by integrating equity and inclusivity into environmental activism," the report writes, citing the grant details.<br><span>Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, blocked a bill Wednesday that would have allowed local law enforcement agencies to track aerial drones.</span> <span>(Jose Luis Magana)</span><br>"As the average American taxpayers struggle to pay rent, their hard-earned dollars are ironically funneled into more real estate," the report read, referring to the Biden struggles spending $10B on maintaining and furnishing buildings that were almost entirely empty.<br>The Department of Energy (DOE) gave automakers $15.5 billion to push the industry into the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/auto/attributes/electric" target="_blank" rel="noopener">electric vehicle (EV) sector</a>, while another $388,000 was given to "Magic in the United States," a podcast discussing how magical beliefs and practices have evolved in the U.S.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a><br>The senator also mentioned the Biden administration giving $2.1 million to fund Paraguay's border: "Nothing says "America First" like securing someone else’s border," Paul wrote.<br>Aubrie Spady is a Writer for Fox News Digital.<br>Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.<br>By entering your email and clicking the Subscribe button, you agree to the Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/terms-of-use">Terms of Use</a>, and agree to receive content and promotional communications from Fox News. 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