WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finding that DOGE's claims of massive taxpayer savings on its "Wall of Receipts" were severely overstated and plagued by unreliable data, unexplained calculations, and a lack of transparency.

"The Trump Administration has used DOGE to recklessly slash government programs, ransacking critical services and resources and proudly displaying supposed 'savings' on its Wall of Receipts," said ...