Witness Defending Woke Government Research Projects Gets Obliterated by Rep Brandon Gill [WATCH]

The House Oversight Subcommittee on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) held a hearing Tuesday titled “Locking in the DOGE Cuts: Ending Waste, Fraud, and Abuse for Good,” where lawmakers examined federal spending reductions and questioned the justification for certain taxpayer-funded research.

Rep. Brandon Gil (R-TX) focused his remarks on several grants previously funded by federal agencies but later pulled back as part of DOGE’s review of expenditures.

He directed his questions at Emily DiVito, Senior Advisor for Economic Policy at the Groundwork Collaborative, who was invited by Democratic members to testify on the perceived negative impacts of DOGE’s spending cuts.

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During the hearing, Gil cited multiple examples of grants that had been revoked, raising questions about whether the federal government should be investing in projects with such subject matter.

He pointed specifically to research initiatives related to “birthing people,” teen pregnancy prevention programs for transgender boys, and mathematical conferences focused on women and nonbinary individuals.

Gil opened his line of questioning by asking DiVito whether a $1.5 million grant to Morehouse College titled “The Center to Advance Reproductive Justice and Behavioral Health among Black Pregnant/Postpartum Women and Birthing People” was aligned with her testimony that federal research funding serves to make Americans’ lives “easier and more secure.”

DiVito responded by stating that “medical and scientific research of all types” plays a vital role.

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Gil followed up by asking, “What is a birthing person?”

DiVito responded, “That is outside of my expertise.” She continued to defer on specifics, reiterating that she was there to speak about DOGE’s impact broadly, not individual grant programs.

Throughout the exchange, Gil pointed to several additional projects that were funded and then rescinded by DOGE, including:

• A National Science Foundation grant for a conference on “Gender Equity in the Mathematical Study of Commutative Algebra”
• Research focused on “women and nonbinary mathematicians”
• A teen pregnancy prevention initiative described as inclusive for “transgender boys”
• A $500,000 NSF project titled “The Racialized Basis of Trait Judgments from Faces”
• A study of “cross sex steroid therapy and cardiovascular risk in the transgender female”

DiVito, when pressed for her views on these projects, repeatedly said she was unfamiliar with the individual grants but emphasized her belief in the value of government investment in scientific, medical, and mathematical research.

Gil also questioned DiVito about her prior public comments on the Senate filibuster, referencing past tweets in which she had called for its abolition during the Biden-Harris administration.

Gil suggested that removing the filibuster would allow Congress to implement DOGE cuts more efficiently. DiVito declined to comment on legislative strategies, stating, “I am here to talk about DOGE cuts, not strategies for achieving more of them, but the harm that they have produced for working families.”

Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and other Republican members have continued to advocate for DOGE’s mission to eliminate wasteful government spending.

GOP lawmakers say the agency has uncovered millions of dollars in funding for programs that fall outside the scope of what taxpayers expect from their government.

The hearing is part of an ongoing effort by the Oversight Committee to assess and validate DOGE’s cost-saving measures.

According to the committee, future hearings will focus on additional grants identified for review and whether further legislative action is needed to restrict federal funding for nonessential projects.

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