Washington Republican members of the House Oversight Committee said Thursday that they will form a subcommittee to collaborate with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk on President-elect Donald Trump’s newly announced advisory group, the “Department of Government Efficiency.”
In a post on X, the GOP-controlled panel stated that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., will serve as the chair of the subcommittee, which would be established for the upcoming Congress beginning in January.
The subcommittee would “align with the Trump administration’s priorities to eliminate government waste, streamline the federal government’s operations, and cut red tape that’s stifling jobs and increasing costs for the American people,” said James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the Oversight Committee, in an interview with Fox News.
Requests for response from the committee, Greene, and the Trump camp were not immediately answered. On Thursday morning, Greene posted about it on Xabout.
As part of a major campaign pledge, Trump said earlier this month that he had assigned two close pals, conservative activist Vivek Ramaswamy and tech billionaire Elon Musk, to head the “Department of Government Efficiency” in order to assist reduce federal spending and regulations. The initials of the group, “DOGE,” are a reference to a cryptocurrency that Musk has pushed and an online fad.
“We will serve as outside volunteers, not federal officials or employees,” Musk and Ramaswamy stated in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece. “We won’t just cut ribbons and make reports like government commissions or advisory bodies do. We will reduce expenses.
They stated that they are collaborating with the White House Office of Management and Budget and are working with the Trump transition team to assemble a “lean team of small-government crusaders” for the project.
Since Republicans regained control of the House in 2023, Greene has been a member of the Oversight Committee. Because she disseminated dangerous and racist conspiracy theories, the House already decided to remove her from her committees.
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