Republicans Aren’t Serious About Cutting Waste, Fraud, or Abuse

House Republicans are aiming to slash funding for the nonpartisan watchdog for waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government by nearly half in the next fiscal year, according to spending bill text released Sunday night.
—Politico article, GAO is targeted by House Republicans in new spending bill

If Republicans were serious about cutting waste, fraud, and abuse, they wouldn’t be defunding the agency in charge of investigating the federal government for waste, fraud, and abuse.