Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswami visited the Capitol on Thursday morning to join Republican members of both houses of Congress to discuss ways to reduce waste in the federal government, just weeks after the creation of the federal government created by President Trump. I am planning to have a meeting with. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and Ramaswamy, a former presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur, are co-heads of a new agency created by President-elect Trump to root out waste in government.
They will visit Washington, D.C., and meet with leading members of both the House and Senate to express their commitment to working with Congress to end abuses of taxpayers' money.
Musk, Ramaswamy to discuss President's plan with Republican lawmakers
President Trump announced on November 12, 2024 that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency. (Getty Images)
Musk and Ramswamy are scheduled to attend the first Senate DOGE caucus meeting on Thursday morning. The caucus will be chaired by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa).
They will then move to the other side of the Capitol to attend a bicameral event hosted by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), to which members of both chambers of Congress are invited.
In an announcement with a shelf life, Prime Minister Johnson discussed with Musk and Ramaswamy “major reform proposals” to “achieve deregulation, administrative cuts and cost savings”, and also discussed “the principles of limited government”. '', he said, intending to revive it.
Prime Minister Johnson asserted that President Trump “made this possible.”
Mr. Musk and Mr. Ramaswamy are wasting no time in laying out their vision for reducing government bloat through DOGE. The two wrote an editorial, wall street journal Last month, we explained how external government agencies work to decide on proposed cuts.
Entrepreneurs have pledged to dismantle entire government agencies through the DOGE initiative, which is expected to be completed by July 4, 2026.
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In their op-ed, Musk and Ramaswamy focused primarily on how DOGE can help identify waste and regulations that can be eliminated through the executive branch.
When Trump returns to office in January, Republicans will control the White House and both chambers of Congress, and many Republicans have already expressed interest in supporting the agency.
Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Mike Johnson and Vivek Ramaswamy during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden on November 16, 2024 in New York City. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
In the House, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has created a subcommittee on government efficiency, chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). ) said it plans to cooperate with DOGE.
The subcommittee is expected to examine wasteful spending, consider ways to reorganize federal agencies to improve efficiency, and identify solutions to eliminate bureaucratic red tape.
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Fox News Digital Comer and Ramaswamy have already met to discuss how best to work together, people familiar with the matter said.
President Trump said last month that he hoped DOGE would become a “modern-day Manhattan Project,” named after J. Robert Oppenheimer's secret atomic bomb program during World War II.
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“Republican politicians have been dreaming of DOGE goals for a long time,” President Trump said.
