In a strong move to protect both animals and taxpayers, the House Appropriations Committee has voted unanimously to stop the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from wasting money on disturbing transgender experiments using animals. This vote is not only a victory for common sense—it’s a return to the founding American idea that government should be limited, responsible, and respectful of life.
The amendment, introduced by Representative Paul Gosar, puts a clear stop to spending tax dollars on research that tries to change the sex characteristics of animals to match transgender human procedures. For example, some of these NIH-funded projects involved giving estrogen to young male monkeys to simulate hormone treatments used by humans. That’s right—our tax dollars have been used to force drugs into animals, not for curing disease or improving public health, but to mimic highly controversial procedures that many Americans oppose on moral and scientific grounds.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t science for the people. It’s ideology funded by the public purse. The NIH has already sunk over $22 million into these strange and unnecessary studies, with places like Boston Children’s Hospital and the University of Florida leading the way. But thanks to oversight from Congress and watchdog groups like White Coat Waste, the public is finally learning where the money is going—and demanding it stop.
White Coat Waste, a group that has done more to shine a light on wasteful government experiments than perhaps any other, uncovered these taxpayer-funded projects and helped bring them to a halt. Their work has led to real change: shutting down unnecessary labs, ending cruel tests, and even saving animals by pushing for adoption programs for lab survivors.
This amendment is just the latest step in a larger battle to bring accountability back to our federal agencies. It also reflects a growing desire among Americans to make sure their government is not being used to push radical ideas or to carry out experiments that most citizens would never support.
Let’s remember what our Constitution teaches us. The federal government exists to serve the people, not to control them or waste their money. The Founders never intended for Washington to pour millions into bizarre animal trials that serve no clear purpose. In fact, if we followed the original meaning of the Constitution more closely, most of these agencies would be far smaller—or wouldn’t exist at all. Science is important, yes. But science must serve truth and the public good—not political agendas.
This amendment is also a win for states’ rights and personal liberty. Health research should be driven by local needs and private innovation, not dictated by unelected federal bureaucrats. When Washington funds these kinds of experiments, it forces every American to become part of something they may morally oppose. That’s not liberty—that’s coercion.
Some will argue that this kind of research is “necessary” in order to understand human identity. But no amount of taxpayer money will ever change the fact that our bodies are created male or female. That truth is written into our biology, our laws, and even our Declaration of Independence, which says we are “created equal” by God—not by government laboratories.
The good news is, with this amendment, the tide is turning. Congress is starting to listen to the people again. Wasteful spending is being exposed. And the idea that taxpayer dollars belong to the people—not to political activists—is gaining ground.
Let this be a lesson for how we move forward. The Constitution gives us tools to fix what’s broken in government. When lawmakers take their duty seriously—when they push back against waste and abuse—we all win. And when citizens stay informed, speak up, and demand accountability, the system works just as our Founders intended.
This is how we return to a government of laws, not of men. This is how we protect liberty, life, and the truth.
