I pledge to work for solutions that eliminate wasteful government spending
Will work for solutions that eliminate wasteful government spending.
Occurrences
I am committed to ensuring effective fiscal practices at our nation’s federal agencies.
Evidence
Hill says federal programs should be scrutinized to eliminate "frivolous and wasteful spending," and that he will continue the Golden Fleece Award and push for action on the House floor.
Hill said a Pentagon waste report showed $125 billion in bureaucratic waste and announced the Department of Defense would receive his Golden Fleece Award.
Hill issued a statement supporting a short-term measure to fund government operations and said he was not in favor of short-term spending bills, while the House had already passed all twelve spending bills.
The House passed H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act, and the clerk's roll call records show Hill (AR) voted Yea.
Hill said GSA has failed to efficiently dispose of unneeded federal property, wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on unused buildings, and said it should not require an act of Congress to transfer unneeded property or reduce unnecessary federal spending.
The official Golden Fleece Award listing shows the latest listed item as “RELEASE: HILL AWARDS LATEST GOLDEN FLEECE TO CMS” dated June 8, 2026, followed by May 15, April 2, and February 26, 2026 items; it shows no newer Golden Fleece item in the June 11-July 10, 2026 lookback window.
Hill awarded CMS the Golden Fleece over Medicare Advantage prior-authorization oversight, saying CMS could save taxpayers’ money by fixing oversight and asking CMS to notify him if it needed additional authority from Congress.
GovInfo records Public Law 119-28, the Rescissions Act of 2025, approved July 24, 2025, as an act “to rescind certain budget authority” proposed by the President under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act.
The Clerk recorded the June 12, 2025 House vote on passage of H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act, as passed 214-212; Hill (AR) is listed as voting Yea.
During the relevant 2017-2019 term, Hill said he was “sick and tired” of short-term spending bills, noted the House had passed all twelve spending bills, and supported a short-term funding measure to keep government operating.
Hill said the House had passed all twelve government funding bills and that continuing resolutions are “no way to govern,” after voting to fund the federal government through December 22, 2017.
Assessments
Hill consistently worked on the issue through Golden Fleece oversight, appropriations-process advocacy, and later votes for rescissions legislation that became law. However, the evidence does not show that he authored or materially drove a comprehensive solution that eliminated wasteful government spending, and much of the record is advocacy or participation rather than a completed, attributable reform. This supports partial credit rather than full delivery.
Hill did work on wasteful-spending issues during the relevant 2017-2019 House term, including public Golden Fleece oversight, criticism of Pentagon waste, engagement on spending bills, and later support for rescissions and unused-property reforms. However, the evidence shows advocacy, oversight, and votes rather than a completed, attributable solution that eliminated wasteful government spending. Because the promise was framed as working for solutions, these actions merit partial credit, but not full delivery of the broader spending-elimination outcome.
Hill took identifiable same-term actions consistent with the promise, including publicly targeting Pentagon waste through the Golden Fleece Award and engaging on spending and appropriations issues. Later evidence also shows continued anti-waste activity, including support for a rescissions bill. However, the promised outcome of solutions that eliminate wasteful government spending is broad and the evidence shows advocacy, scrutiny, and votes rather than a completed federal outcome attributable to Hill that eliminated wasteful spending. This supports partial credit rather than full delivery.