Saving Taxpayers Money

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republicans are working to save taxpayer dollars by eliminating bureaucratic waste, finding cost effective solutions to building our nation’s infrastructure, and providing Americans with jobs.

“Sitting on Our Assets: The Federal Government’s Misuse of Taxpayer-Owned Assets,” is a report prepared by the Committee's Republican staff that identifies hundreds of billions of dollars in potential savings to the taxpayer through improved management of federal assets and the elimination of waste in agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction. Click here to learn more about this report.

Republican support for many additional initiatives has saved taxpayers millions of dollars and offers the potential to save millions more.  Here’s how:

• Strengthening Oversight of Stimulus Spending
• Eliminating Wasteful, Job-Killing Vermont Border Crossing Stimulus Project
• Cutting Red Tape for Infrastructure Projects: the 437 Day Plan
• Uncovering Waste, Fraud & Abuse at Amtrak
• Putting Private Sector Resources to Work to Build Our Infrastructure
• Reforming FAA’s Sprawling Telecommunications Network
• Preventing Waste of FEMA Emergency Supplies
• Leveraging Private Sector Financing to Help Strengthen Passenger Rail Service
• Eliminating Waste in the FEMA Emergency Housing Program
• Preventing the Collapse of the Aviation Industry after 9/11
• Consolidating & Realigning FAA Facilities to Create Efficiencies
• Reducing Disaster Costs to Communities through Better Planning
• Reducing the Bureaucracy at FAA
• Seeking Better Investments through the Government Leasing and Construction Programs
• Lowering Costs of Water Infrastructure Projects
• Reorganization of FAA Acquisitions Program
• Speeding Up the Permitting Process for Water Resources Projects
• Streamlining Coast Guard Operations