Congressman Greg Casar, D - Texas, takes down DOGE
What this 5 minute video from the February 12, 2025 House Subcommittee Hearing on Government Efficiency and Waste (chaired by far-right Trump bootlicker Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA) to see why DOGE is a sham.
Here's his blistering close:
54:08 what House Republicans and the Trump-Musk administration want to do is they want to look into your kids' lunch money. your kids' teachers' salary into your grandparents' Social Security. They want to take that money and give it out in billionaire tax cuts, and they're talking about that in committee tomorrow, in budget committee tomorrow. They just released their plan.
54:29 So let me be clear. When Republicans talk about government efficiency in this Congress, they're not looking into billionaires who don't pay their taxes. They're not looking into billionaires who get rich off of government contracts. They're not looking into Elon Musk's firing watchdogs who are supposed to keep them accountable. They're looking at cutting your public schools.
54:47 They're going straight for your social security. They're coming straight for cancer research. They're coming straight for the Department of Education. They're not looking at big tech. They're not looking at big pharma because those people fund their campaigns. If this committee were serious about rooting out ways from our federal government,
55:02 then today's whole hearing would be about how Musk and Donald Trump are firing the independent watchdogs who've done this work for decades. Instead, my Republican colleagues actual goal on this committee is to distract from Trump and from Musk's corrupt war on accountability. This will not be a subcommittee dedicated to making government efficient for everyday people.
55:23 It's about helping Elon Musk and Donald Trump be as efficient as possible in robbing our government and handing out our government services to the rich. So this seems that this subcommittee is just going to be like the agency it's named after.
Maybe we need to Congressman Casar's name to short list of Democratic Representatives we admire. Bravo Congressman!
You can read a transcript of Congressman Casar's takedown on Ralph Nader's site here, starting at 50:11
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tty next time,
