Democrats tried to make a mockery out of Musk and the first hearing of the DOGE Subcommittee. For Republicans, it was no laughing matter.
Rep. Melanie Stansbury speaks with chairwoman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene during the House Oversight and Govenment Reform Committee Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee’s first hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building. Bill Clark/AP
The first hearing of the Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee started normally enough on Wednesday.
Lawmakers took their seats in a drab committee room. They cordially welcomed each other to the panel’s inaugural meeting. And they signaled their openness to reaching across the aisle to cut waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.
From that point on, however, there was hardly anything Republicans and Democrats agreed upon.
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