President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk pose for a photo during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on November 16, 2024, in New York City. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
Lamont said it’s impossible to plan for unpredictable and last-minute budget cuts, adding that cutting Medicaid would cost $2 billion.
"It's not DOGE. It ought to be called dodge, a way to just push the costs on to our people," Lamont said.
The Connecticut governor said he supports rooting out fraud in the federal government, but he said that if DOGE expects states to pick up the costs on things like Medicare or Medicaid, then it would put people at risk.
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"DOGE is pretty cruel. Let's be blunt about that," Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, added. "These are people in our states that have worked long careers, very dedicated servants, and they're getting kicked out of their lives."
Green said he launched an initiative in Hawaii yesterday to hire employees who have been fired by the federal government.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) talks with actor Esai Morales as CEO of Grandave Capital Ruben Islas launches a social justice in film initiative at the New Mexico State Capitol on January 30, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Sam Wasson/Getty Images)
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., said that governors work to make government more efficient every day.
"I think another unified message is we all want efficient, effective government," Grisham said. "I predict it will spend more on itself than it actually saves or finds cost savings or fraud. You know who finds fraud in health care and any number of other things? Governors do! And then we work with the federal government to make sure that we stamp that out across the country. If they were really interested in that, they would be working with us."
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The Democratic governors urged more Republicans to stand up against Trump’s agenda. In the meantime, Grisham said that Democratic governors will continue to hold them accountable.
"They're not telling us the truth. They're using this effort to line the pockets of one or a few Americans and companies, and they have not found any significant waste or fraud. They have to keep correcting, or at least we're going to hold them accountable, and correcting those numbers. You want help making government meaningful and effective and efficient? You're looking at a team that delivers on that every single day," Grisham said.
Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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