The House of Representatives Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee will be the legislative arm of tech billionaire Elon Musk's efforts as Trump's right-hand man to save $1 trillion by attacking fraud and waste.
“This committee will be laser-focused on bringing full transparency to waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government, and presenting the plans to fix the tremendous problems we expose,“ subcommittee chair Marjorie Taylor Greene said in her opening statement.
Critics say the world’s richest man has enormous conflicts of interest as a major government contractor, although Trump -- without producing any evidence -- claims his “efficiency czar” has uncovered fraud amounting to tens of billions of dollars.
“We, as a country, are $36 trillion in debt. That is such a stunning amount of money,“ she told the panel.
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Democrats, initially open to the concept, have soured on Musk over his efforts to dismantle federal agencies, which they say are unlawful and shrouded in secrecy.
“We all agree -- I’ve said many times -- that cutting waste in government and increasing efficiency is a good thing,“ Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Party’s leader in the Senate, said in a floor speech.
Trump and Musk are facing multiple legal challenges, however, as they try to lift emergency orders blocking the dismantling of federal agencies, holds on grants and the firing of government watchdogs.
On the same day, Trump fired an inspector general overseeing USAID, after the nonpartisan official filed a report critical of efforts to close the agency.
Meanwhile the Homeland Security Department fired the Federal Emergency Management Agency chief financial officer and three other employees for approving payments for migrant housing in hotels.
And Trump’s spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, accused courts “in liberal districts” of abusing their power -- although DOGE’s defeats have been delivered by judges nominated by presidents from both parties.
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