Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today applauded Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-Ariz.) new report, “Wastebook: PORKémon Go.”

The report cites 50 examples of wasteful government spending costing taxpayers more than $5 billion, such as $1.4 billion on government public relations, $200 million for an Illinois airport that barely functions, an $80.4 million “spaceport to nowhere,” a $1.7 million holographic comedy club, $21.8 million on government cheese, $3.4 million on hamster cage matches, and studies on the romantic allure of the color red, why sharks have a bad reputation, the evolution of saliva, how religious leaders would react to aliens arriving on Earth, could dinosaurs sing, and of course, another study of fish on a treadmill.

CAGW President Tom Schatz said, “With the national debt approaching $20 trillion, this type of wasteful government spending cannot be tolerated. Sen. Flake should be applauded for successfully building on the legacy of former Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who worked for many years to expose Washington’s reckless spending habits. Sen. Flake’s reports are crucial weapons in the war on waste.”

Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, mismanagement and abuse in government.