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Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace has announced a hearing titled “Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty.” The event will focus on the federal government's use of taxpayer money for animal experiments. The Subcommittee aims to assess current practices and explore technological alternatives that could replace animal testing.

Chairwoman Mace stated, “Experimenting on animals when more effective alternatives exist is a waste of taxpayer dollars. Animal testing inflicts unnecessary suffering, has major scientific limitations, and fails to reliably predict real-world human outcomes. The testing of radical gender affirming therapy drugs, among other drugs and procedures, on animals in the name of science must end. America’s federal government should work to replace this outdated practice with technologically advanced solutions that more accurately reflect human reactions. I look forward to hearing from our expert witnesses on how the United States can root out waste, fraud, and abuse in federally funded scientific experiments and animal testing.”

The hearing is scheduled for Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. ET in room 2247 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Witnesses include Mr. Justin Goodman from the White Coat Waste Project and Dr. Paul A. Locke from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The session will be open to both the public and press and will be available for livestream viewing online.