Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are bringing Trump's DOGE to Capitol Hill
abcnews.go.comIt’s DOGE time at the U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON — It's DOGE time at the U.S. Capitol.
Billionaire Elon Musk arrived on Capitol Hill on Thursday, expected to be joined by fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, for meetings with legislators behind closed doors about President-elect Donald Trump's plans to “dismantle” the federal government.
Trump tapped the two business titans to head his Department of Government Efficiency, tasked with firing federal workers, cutting government programs and slashing federal regulations — all part of what he calls his «Save America» agenda for a second term in the White House.
“I think that’ll be a great start to the whole process,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who will chair a House Oversight subcommittee in the new year as part of “building the bridge between Congress and DOGE.”
Washington has seen this before, with ambitious efforts to reduce the size and scope of the federal government that historically have run into resistance when the public is confronted with cuts to trusted programs that millions of Americans depend on for jobs, health care, military security and everyday needs.
But this time Trump is staffing his administration with battle-tested architects of sweeping proposals, some outlined in Project 2025, to severely reduce and reshape the government. Musk and Ramaswamy said they plan to work alongside the White House's Office of Management and Budget, headed by Trump's nominee Russ Vought, a mastermind of past cuts.
“DOGE has a historic opportunity for structural reductions in the federal government,” Musk and Ramaswamy wrote in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal. “We are prepared for the onslaught.”
The duo were invited by House Speaker Mike Johnson to visit
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