A terse statement, released by the Republican-dominated committee, said that the project “is billions of dollars over budget and plagued by poor management”.

As usual, someone has forgotten to tell the GOP that a misleading half truth is the same as a lie. In fact, the Webb Space Telescope is making good progress and costs are under control.
From Wikipedia:

Notably, this (2010) review commended the JWST project for being in excellent technical shape with most flight hardware making good progress to completion. The delay and cost overruns are due to an unrealistic original budget and insufficient program management. In response, NASA instituted significant management changes in the JWST project, but the need for increased funding has led to a substantial mission delay.

The GOP luddites are destroying the program to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.