Freshman Georgia Congressman on DOGE Subcommittee, Trump, and Fort Bragg renaming
COLUMBUS, Ga. () — Freshman Georgia Congressman Brian Jack is gaining influence in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Peachtree City Republican was elected in the 3rd District last year after being endorsed by his former boss, President Donald Trump.
The congressman served as a political advisor in President Trump's first term. Now, he is on the DOGE Subcommittee. They are examining fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government.
That effort is being pushed by President Trump and led by billionaire businessman Elon Musk. It has unearthed more $2.7 trillion in what Republicans describe as waste, fraud and abuse.
Jack says he continues to be in communication with President Trump.
'Our relationship in many ways has not changed, which is a wonderful thing. We talk a lot about politics and we talk a lot about sports. So those are two areas that I care a lot about. And as it relates specifically to our community, he's still very excited about two things,' said Jack. 'He was excited about visiting Columbus back in 2023 when he, as you no doubt remember, headlined a state convention and then went to that Waffle House, which continues to be a viral moment that you see circulate on social media a lot.'
WRBL asked the Republican congressman about the possibility that Fort Moore's name could be restored to Fort Benning.
Congressman Jack says no one should be surprised that President Trump, and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, are moving to alter an act of Congress that stripped the names of Confederate officers from nine military installations.
The first one was Fort Liberty, which by order of Secretary Hegseth was renamed Fort Bragg. Not for the Confederate General but for another soldier.
'Yeah. As it relates to Fort Bragg, I'm not sure why they started with that. My understanding was they made, you know, create some type of review process for all the names that reverted back or rather all the names that were changed back in 2020 or the process that began, I should say, in 2020,' said Jack. 'But I'm curious to see how he's going to approach it. But for what it's worth, I think that what President Trump campaigned on is being delivered on, and I think that's one of the reasons why his approval ratings at 53%.'
Jack tells WRBL he thinks that's one of the reasons why 70 percent of Americans admit, Republicans and Democrats alike, that he's actually accomplishing what he campaigned on. And according to Jack, that's one of the reasons why they have some momentum in Congress to move the ball forward for Trump's agenda.
During Wednesday's DOGE Subcommittee hearing, Jack was front and center during the questioning.
Here's what the congressman had to say Thursday.
'In my question-and-answer period, I pointed out I took a rudimentary count during the hearing itself, and I found that at the time that I asked questions, my Democratic colleagues had mentioned Elon Musk's name 27 times and wastes only three times,' said Jack. 'And to me, I think that's reflective of a broader problem, which is the lack of bipartisan will to address a lot of these concerns. So, I would encourage my Democratic colleagues to work with us to help solve this scourge of waste, fraud and abuse.'
Jack says he was privileged to bring Trump to the District and Pike County back in October of 2023. It was the first time he had held a public event within Jack's congressional district through his ten-year political career.
The 3rd Congressional District consists of 15 mostly West Georgia counties, including the northern part of Muscogee.
You can watch WRBL's full interview with Jack below.
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