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Some Like it Hot: The Taste of Waste
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management
Abstract
From the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management led by Senator Rand Paul issued a weekly waste report on a ~$500,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study people's rejection threshold for spice and bitterness. The report also detailed a $629,942 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism that partially funded research on the relationship between wine expertise and willingness to try new wines and foods. The report took issue with the lack of downstream oversight on the grants being distributed, as they often end up funding research outside of the original grant description and purpose.
Date
2016-06-20
Document Type
Senate Majority Oversight Record
Serial Number
Document Length
1 page
Congress
114
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Oversight Records
PAP Major Code
20: Government Operations
PAP Minor Code
2002: Government Efficiency, General Regulatory Policy and Bureaucratic Oversight