Congressional DOGE Caucus co-chair Rep. Aaron Bean speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill on February 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Bean said he was hoping to soon hold more caucus meetings "just to let everybody know DOGE is not dead."
The concept of "DOGE" took Washington — Republicans in particular — by storm earlier this year, when President Donald Trump tapped billionaire Elon Musk to lead an initiative called the "Department of Government Efficiency."
Musk said at the time that he was committed to finding as much as $2 trillion in savings for the federal government. That goal was not reached by the time Musk reached the end of his tenure, however.
The DOGE website, which has not been updated since early October, claims an estimated $214 billion in savings for the federal government.
President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Dec. 2, 2025. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press)
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Those, too, have since wound down, but Bean told Fox News Digital that he’s looking to bring them back and could begin with a focus on unused office space owned by the U.S. government.
"I'm not saying it's mismanaged, I'm just saying it's not the most efficient use of taxpayer dollars to maintain all this space where people still work from home or are working across the country," Bean said. "That's something that I think we can coalesce around, save some money as well as get spending under control."
He also said he hoped for more bipartisan participation going forward, telling Fox News Digital, "It shouldn't be a partisan issue. Everybody should be on board."
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