Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) Unveils SWAG Act to Cut Wasteful Government Spending on Fidget Spinners, Mascots and Coloring Books

Breitbart: Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) unveiled her new bill to rein in government agency public relations and advertising spending on mascots, koozies, and fidget spinners Tuesday on Breitbart News Daily.

Ernst, the vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, told Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Daily host Alex Marlow about her new legislation to rein in government agencies’ advertising budget. The bill, known as the Stop Wasteful Advertising by the Government (SWAG) Act, prohibits the federal government from spending money to create a “mascot” to promote an agency, as well as producing swag such as fidget spinners, koozies, and mascots.

“I am rolling out a new bill in my efforts to hold the federal government more accountable and watch our spending,” Ernst said. “It is called the SWAG Act. It is the Stop Wasteful Advertising by the Government Act, and what a lot of folks don’t realize is that the federal government spends over $1.4 billion on public relations and advertising campaigns. That is twice the amount that is dedicated to breast cancer research, and while I’m all about the mascots and things like that of course as an Iowa State Cyclone fan and you know what? For the federal government, there’s really no justifications spending a quarter of a million dollars in taxpayer money on mascots and millions more on swag.” read more