Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) on Friday called on Republicans and Democrats to work together to make government more efficient after meeting with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk.
”.@VivekGRAmaswamy nice to meet you and @Eron Musk Briefly yesterday. Let's work together, Democrats and Republicans, to find ways to make government more efficient and save money without hurting people,” Suozzi said in a statement to X (formerly Twitter). “I am trained as a certified public accountant and attorney, and as a former mayor and county executive, I have worked on just that.”
After Ramaswamy's appointment, Suozhi announced a meeting with Ramaswamy and Musk from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). said He said he would be “willing to meet with members of both parties to improve efficiency. This is bipartisan.”
Suozzi is not the only Democrat to pledge to work with DOGE to reduce government waste, fraud and abuse.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) support DOGE's efforts to streamline the federal government. are.
Attention — Ramaswami: US government spends over $5 trillion without Congressional approval:
Moskowitz said He wants to push for the Secret Service and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which have bipartisan support, to report directly to the president.
“On some issues, I'm progressive. On other issues, I'm conservative, and I think most voters are too,” said the Florida Democrat. said. “We deal with each issue on a problem-by-issue basis.”
“Elon Musk is right. The Pentagon, with an $886 billion budget, has failed seven consecutive audits. Billions are missing. Last year, the military-industrial complex and waste “Only 13 senators voted against a defense budget riddled with fraud,” Sanders wrote, noting that the Pentagon could easily reduce “waste and fraud.” .
“When it comes to reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, and opening up the five primes to more competition, we have Democrats at HASC who will work with us.” @Eron Musk and @DOGE'' Khanna said in late November.
Sean Moran is a policy reporter at Breitbart News. Follow him on X @SeanMoran3.
