Rep. Jasmine Crockett speaks during the We Choose To Fight: Nobody Elected Elon rally at the U.S. Department of the Treasury on Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)
DOGE subcommittee chair Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told the outlet she has "high hopes" that Republicans and Democrats will engage productively during the hearing, which she said will focus on "Medicaid improper payments."
"We're going to be talking about solutions, there are going to be big savings," she said, adding that she feels the issue is bipartisan.
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On Tuesday, Musk appeared with Trump in the Oval Office as the president prepared to sign an executive order concerning the billionaire’s work leading DOGE.
Musk, in some of his first public comments on leading DOGE, told reporters that there are some good people in the federal bureaucracy, but that they need to be accountable, and the budget deficit needs to be addressed.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as Elon Musk listens in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
He also pushed back against critics who have accused him of mounting a hostile takeover of the government, saying he wants to add "common-sense controls" to federal spending and that cutting government waste is not "draconian."
"The people voted for major government reform, and that’s what the people are going to get," Musk said. "That’s what democracy is all about."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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