The star who first delivered the government's efficiency subcommittee hearing in the House on Wednesday was Elon Musk, an individual who was not present.
Democrats on the panel served a fierce purpose for Musk, who is leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative under President Trump.
“While we sit here, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have recklessly and illegally dismantled the federal government, shut down federal agencies, fired federal workers, and are essential to the safety and happiness of our communities. “Ranking Member Councillor Melanie Stansbury (DN.M.) said that she testifies under oath before the panel, before the panel. He repeatedly said that it should.
However, Republicans on the subcommittee are chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who are the president of a federal judge, who is trying to stop some of his actions. He vehemently defended Musk's actions.
Greene said the control blocking doge from access to the Treasury payment system was “absurd.”
And Greene issued a warning. “We hold this judge and others who try to stop the will of the people and the elected leaders.”
“The whole swamp in DC is shocking that Doge's unelected officials were granted access to these systems. That makes no sense,” Green said. “No federal judges were elected. No Treasury officials were elected and failed to resolve the issue that allowed American taxpayers to be taken away. So, in the real world, Can't we bring in skilled external experts, such as private companies and private citizens, and do the daily work that we need to do here, like an audit?
The topic of the hearing was related to Doge's recent efforts aimed at “stepping into the tragedy of inappropriate payments and fraud.” And Green said, “This is not a time for political theatres or partisan attacks,” but the panel's big character passed through.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif) wrote a mask at the 2023 hearing by referring to Green, who previously showed a censored intimate photo of former President Biden's son, Hunter Biden. I swipe.
“In the last assembly, Chairman Green literally showed a d-‑‑ pic at the Congressional oversight hearing, so I thought I'd bring it too,” Garcia said.
Garcia staff then pulled out the poster board with a photo of Dogehead. “Of course, this is President Elon Musk,” the lawmaker said.
Although some Democrats initially showed that they were open to Doge's idea in the aftermath of the 2024 election, Musk and his efforts have since become a major source of rage, and they have been the Trump administration It becomes a symbol of everything you dislike about, and more GOP than anything in Congress.
“We shouldn't work with House Republicans who want to shut down the Department of Education and destroy Medicare and Medicaid. The wealthiest person on the planet gives big tax cuts to themselves and his company, and Americans can't help but Don't wait because you give Americans. People can [do] Garcia said.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) simply stated the Democratic goals.
The hearing got caught up in discussions about inappropriate payment techniques.
Witness Haywood Talcove, the government CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, is one per year across federal, state and local governments by conducting front-end identity verification, eliminating self-certification and monitoring program back-ends. We estimated that we could save trillion dollars. It could take a fraud rating of about 20% to about 5%, he said.
“The gravy train for many of these people is on the wheels of biscuits and is trying to escape the Dudgum truck,” said Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.).
However, another witness deepened the Trump administration's actions in efforts to potentially injure efforts to combat waste, fraud and abuse by firing an inspector.
“It seems like the administration was seriously considering supporting whistleblowers and inspectors and providing resources if they wanted to eradicate waste, fraud and abuse. Midnight Purge,” the government said. said Dylan Hedler Gaudette, director of government affairs for the project on surveillance.
Within days, Green promised that the subcommittee would release a report containing proposals for legislative solutions to many of the issues identified at the hearing.
And Stansbury had shown that bigger moments could come at future hearings.
“We're going to be so much fun with this committee,” she said.
