Trump’s DOT left to clean up Biden admin's $43 billion grant fiasco

The Trump administration’s Department of Transportation revealed that it inherited an “unprecedented backlog of grants” left by the Biden administration.

In late March, the DOT’s Federal Highway Administration reported that Secretary Sean Duffy had finalized a $221 million federal grant to rebuild Rhode Island’s Washington Bridge — its westbound side has been closed since December 2023 following a “critical failure.” The funding for the project was initially announced in the fall of 2024, but the Biden administration “failed to sign the agreement.”

The DOT’s announcement noted that "the Trump administration inherited roughly 3,200 unobligated grants that had been promoted by the previous administration but never fulfilled.”

Duffy stated, “Since coming into office, my team has discovered an unprecedented backlog of grants leftover from the previous administration.”

He slammed “ridiculous DEI and Green New Deal requirements” for preventing “real infrastructure from being built and funded.”

“Under the Trump administration, we’ve ripped out this red tape and are getting back to what matters. As part of our work to deliver real results, we are pleased to announce $221 million in grants for Rhode Island’s Washington Bridge — a critical link that carries thousands of vehicles a day,” Duffy declared.

A DOT spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the backlogs totaled $43 billion. After Trump won the election but before he took office, the Biden administration reportedly announced $9 billion worth of grants to 1,000 recipients that were not made official before Biden departed.

“Nothing was done to actually get these grant agreements signed and sent to projects,” the DOT spokesperson stated.

During the April 10 Cabinet meeting, Duffy told President Donald Trump about the previous administration’s massive grant backlog.

“The last administration announced 3,200 projects, big, beautiful roads and bridges — most of them are good. But they announced them — they didn’t sign a grant agreement,” he explained. “So the money doesn’t go out the door to build the infrastructure in the country. And it’s fun to do an announcement. It’s actually the harder work to put together these grant agreements.”

Duffy noted how the Biden administration included “green and social justice requirements.”

“We’re pulling all that out and putting the money toward the infrastructure, not the social movement from the last administration,” he said.

On Monday, Duffy announced that the DOT had saved taxpayers $63.9 million by terminating a grant between the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak to build a high-speed rail project in Texas.

Duffy called the project “a waste of taxpayer funds and a distraction from Amtrak’s core mission of improving its existing subpar services.”

“If the private sector believes this project is feasible, they should carry the pre-construction work forward, rather than relying on Amtrak and the American taxpayer to bail them out. My department will continue to look for every opportunity to save federal dollars and prioritize efficiencies,” Duffy said.

Hendricks/Cobbs received $35 M for doing Genetics on Chickens under Biden. Cobbs received additional USDA GRANTS in 2023-24. Zooms in on the supply chain’s choke point: the genetics duopoly of Hendrix Genetics and Cobb-Vantress, who control breeding stock for nearly all U.S. egg-laying hens. Pair that with Cal-Maine Foods, the world’s biggest egg producer, and you’ve got a tight grip on both ends of the egg game.

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐛𝐛-𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐍𝐎 𝐞𝐠𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐞 — 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲. 𝐀𝐧𝐝, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤. 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐠𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐠𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝟐𝟎%, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 ONE 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐠𝐠/𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐲-𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬. 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐒, 𝐏𝐈𝐆𝐒 𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐖𝐒.

No PRODUCER like Twice Investigated Cal Maine for Price Gouging. It is but the tip of that iceberg. They put 8 hens in Battery Cages, which has been going on for decades, Undercover at a CA factory egg farm. 2008 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hY0syP5haE

𝟔𝟕- 𝟖𝟔 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒. 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝟖 𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐍. 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐄𝐋𝐓𝐘, 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐆𝐆𝐒/𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐓, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄/𝐅𝐄𝐃𝐒 𝐃𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄. 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐁𝐄 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃.

𝐃𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐘𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄. 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜.. 𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒𝐀. FOR MAJOR PRODUCERS LIKE CAL MAINE AND 5 OTHERS.

bicycles are a form of recreation, NOT a form of transportation in a modern culture ... period ...

here’s a short list of transportation needs that can not be performed with bicycles in Colorado’s extreme climate and vast distances [or most climates and distances for that matter]: hauling groceries, furniture, lumber, or landscape materials; taking multiple kids to school; taking kids to the ER or even to the doctor; taking the elderly or disabled to the ER or even to the doctor; taking multiple kids to school or even single kids with sports and/or music equipment to school; trying to ride a bicycle more than a couple of miles for most of the unfit population of our state; riding a bicycle more than a few blocks in the Rocky Mountains; consistently riding a bicycle for Colorado’s long daily work commutes; riding a bicycle for any distance on anything but a paved highway or paved bicycle lane paid for with gasoline taxes; riding a bicycle in blasting wind, rain or snow; riding a bicycle in bitter Colorado winters; riding a bicycle in Colorado’s oven-like summers; riding a bicycle safely at night for more than a few miles; any combination of the above ....

On the other hand, if you’re a fit 25 year old and you need to shop for something relatively nearby weighing less than 10 pounds during the 1% of the time it’s safe, convenient, practical, and comfortable to ride a bicycle for, then a bicycle can be used for “transportation” ...

it’s an obscene waste of Federal and State tax dollars to build expensive bicycle highways that almost no one can ever use ... no amount of bicycle highways will ever compensate for the fact that bicycles are a form of recreation, not transportation ... furthermore, wasting 10% of Federal highway dollars on bicycle highways instead of improving automobile and truck highways demonstrably results in more autos and trucks creeping along on the resulting unimproved highways and streets, thus outputting substantially more carbon that the leftist ideologues like to pretend is destroying the Erth ...

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