Latest news with #HouseDOGECaucus
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
DOGE will go on: Hill pork hawk says rooting out government waste will continue after Elon
FIRST ON FOX: While Tesla CEO Elon Musk has departed the Department of Government Efficiency amid a blazing public tiff with the president, congressional DOGE leaders are primed to carry on the legacy well beyond his tenure. "It's never easy to see two friends at odds, but DOGE is bigger than any one person," House DOGE Caucus chairman Aaron Bean, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital on Friday – expressing endearment towards both Musk and President Donald Trump. "Our caucus, with 110 members, is laser-focused on delivering real solutions for the American people, reining in wasteful spending, demanding oversight, and ensuring every taxpayer dollar is spent wisely." Bean said his panel's work rooting out government waste and streamlining the bureaucracy will continue on-track, with a major effort planned next week to change the Treasury's payment system to curb improper disbursements. Drain The Swamp Act Seeks To Move Dc Bureaucracy 'Out Of Crazytown': House Doge Leader The Jacksonville lawmaker said that longstanding issue has led to about $162 billion in wrongful payments every year. During his tenure, Musk also worked with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to fix systemic problems there. Read On The Fox News App The House DOGE Caucus will continue to advocate to "enact the cuts found by DOGE," Bean went on. The panel looks forward to working with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to pass $9.4 billion in rescissions identified by DOGE and presented to Congress for action by OMB Director Russ Vought. Republicans faced criticism for moving too slowly on DOGE's proposed cuts, but GOP leadership sources said they needed either a formal request from Vought or separate bills outside the Big Beautiful Bill Act to avoid jeopardizing its eligibility for Senate reconciliation. Doge Meets Congress: Fl Rep Launches Caucus To Help Musk "Taking on Crazytown is no easy task," Bean quipped to Fox News Digital last November when he launched the House DOGE Caucus. On the Senate side, DOGE caucus chairwoman Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, scrutinized a recent government report on COVID aid fraud and has already launched an effort to head off what she called easily-determinable signals that an application for government emergency aid is likely falsified or ineligible. Ernst this week flagged an analysis from the Pandemic Resources Accountability Committee – led by federal inspectors general – that randomly sampled nearly 700,000 identity records from 67.5 million applications for PPP, EIDL and other COVID-19 relief programs and found nearly $80 billion in potentially fraudulent payouts. Ernst said much of the likely fraud could have been prevented if officials had simply verified Social Security numbers, matched them with SSA records, and confirmed whether applicants were still alive. In turn, she informed Fox News Digital exclusively that she would be launching a bill Friday to prevent this kind of easily-avoided oversight issues in the future. The DOGE in Spending Act would prevent "con artists," she said, who, during COVID-19, "raided America's piggy bank." The bill's name also signaled that the Senate, too, would continue its Musk-inspired work long after the mogul has left. "There is nothing more frustrating than losing billions of dollars to preventable fraud," Ernst said, calling the illicit payouts during the pandemic "unprecedented."Original article source: DOGE will go on: Hill pork hawk says rooting out government waste will continue after Elon
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Moskowitz says DOGE caucus is dead: ‘A complete failure'
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) said in a new interview that the House DOGE Caucus — originally intended to complement Elon Musk's work at the White House — is now completely defunct. 'The DOGE caucus is dead. It's defunct,' Moskowitz said in a Politico interview, published in Q&A form on Tuesday. 'We haven't met in months,' he continued. 'We only had two total meetings in five months.' Moskowitz, in December, became the first Democrat to join the House DOGE Caucus, which was formed to support efforts by Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to find waste and fraud in the federal government. At the time, Moskowitz pushed back against criticism from fellow Democrats, saying, 'The time for staying in safe spaces is over,' and 'We got to go to where the conversations are happening.' By February, though, Moskowitz said that while the group had been having some good discussions, they were not looped into Musk's efforts at DOGE, as they were told they would be. 'It doesn't appear to be any communication between what Elon is doing and the caucus. It seems Congress is behind and being left out,' Moskowitz said in February. Three months later, Moskowitz said he still has not heard anything from Musk's DOGE. 'We weren't involved at all in anything [happening at DOGE], which Elon was in charge of. Zero. Zilch. Nada. [Musk] did it all on his own,' Moskowitz said in the Politico interview. Moskowitz, who had expressed an openness to making some cuts to boost efficiency, lamented what he views as the failures of the DOGE commission. 'DOGE was a complete failure. Complete failure. Nothing has been made more efficient,' Moskowitz told Politico. 'Ask the people in Newark… how efficiency is going,' he added, referring to the airport, which has suffered significant delays and staffing shortages in recent weeks. Rep. Aaron Bean (R-Fla.), a DOGE Caucus co-chair, told Politico in a statement that they are 'just getting started.' 'Congress can enact long-term change, and our 100 committed members and eight specialized working groups are working to codify critical reforms and preparing legislation that will unlock savings for the American people,' Bean said in the statement. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
14-05-2025
- Business
- The Hill
Moskowitz says DOGE caucus is dead: ‘A complete failure'
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) said in a new interview that the House DOGE Caucus — originally intended to complement Elon Musk's work at the White House — is now completely defunct. 'The DOGE caucus is dead. It's defunct,' Moskowitz said in a Politico interview, published in Q&A form on Tuesday. 'We haven't met in months,' he continued. 'We only had two total meetings in five months.' Moskowitz, in December, became the first Democrat to join the House DOGE Caucus, which was formed to support efforts by Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to find waste and fraud in the federal government. At the time, Moskowitz pushed back against criticism from fellow Democrats, saying, 'The time for staying in safe spaces is over,' and 'We got to go to where the conversations are happening.' By February, though, Moskowitz said that while the group had been having some good discussions, they were not looped into Musk's efforts at DOGE, as they were told they would be. 'It doesn't appear to be any communication between what Elon is doing and the caucus. It seems Congress is behind and being left out,' Moskowitz said in February. Three months later, Moskowitz said he still has not heard anything from Musk's DOGE. 'We weren't involved at all in anything [happening at DOGE], which Elon was in charge of. Zero. Zilch. Nada. [Musk] did it all on his own,' Moskowitz said in the Politico interview. Moskowitz, who had expressed an openness to making some cuts to boost efficiency, lamented what he views as the failures of the DOGE commission. 'DOGE was a complete failure. Complete failure. Nothing has been made more efficient,' Moskowitz told Politico. 'Ask the people in Newark… how efficiency is going,' he added, referring to the airport, which has suffered significant delays and staffing shortages in recent weeks. Rep. Aaron Bean (R-Fla.), a DOGE Caucus co-chair, told Politico in a statement that they are 'just getting started.' 'Congress can enact long-term change, and our 100 committed members and eight specialized working groups are working to codify critical reforms and preparing legislation that will unlock savings for the American people,' Bean said in the statement.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
DRAIN THE SWAMP Act seeks to move DC bureaucracy ‘out of crazy town,' House DOGE leader says
EXCLUSIVE: House DOGE Caucus founder Aaron Bean, R-Fla., will put forward the DRAIN THE SWAMP Act this week as part of continuing legislative attempts to target government waste. The bill aims to require that federal agency heads relocate about one-third of headquarters-based employees "outside the Beltway" while finding ways to save taxpayer money through moves like selling underused Washington, D.C., office space. Bean, who launched the bipartisan DOGE caucus in November, said his bill, which stands for the Decentralizing and Reorganizing Agency Infrastructure Nationwide To Harness Efficient Services, Workforce Administration and Management Priorities Act is what is needed to bring more accountability to Washington's bureaucracy. "The swamp is thick and deep here in crazy town, and I'm here to drain it," Bean told Fox News Digital Wednesday. Doge Meets Congress: Fl Rep Launches Caucus To Help Musk "It is time to remind Washington that our duty is to serve the American people," the Fernandina Beach lawmaker added. Read On The Fox News App Agencies exempt from the legislation include the Pentagon, DHS, CIA and NSA, which is based at Fort George G. Meade near Glen Burnie, Maryland. The remaining 70% of the federal workforce allowed to remain in and around the district would be required to work in person 100% of the time under the legislation. Education Bill Would Require Parental Notification To Trace Foreign Funding Of Curriculum As China Looks On The Office of Management and Budget, an executive cabinet agency, would then be directed to work toward selling — or not renewing leases on — office space vacated by the relocated bureaucrats, saving taxpayer funds. Bean quipped that the DRAIN THE SWAMP Act will ensure the federal government works for the people "and not the other way around." Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Bean's DOGE counterpart in the upper chamber, also put forward companion legislation, which helps speed up the process of reconciling House and Senate versions of a bill to make it to the president's desk. "The federal workforce has shown they clearly don't want to work in D.C., and I am going to make their dreams come true," said Ernst, who previously highlighted waste, fraud and abuse through her "Squeal Awards" that root out government "pork." Since founding the DOGE caucus, Bean has added two GOP co-chairmen to the ranks — representatives Pete Sessions of Texas and Blake Moore of Utah. Sessions, chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations, previously highlighted the $2.7 trillion in reported fraud and improper government payments over the past 20 years. "This is an absolutely unacceptable misuse of taxpayer dollars. Hardworking Americans deserve a government that works efficiently and effectively," Sessions said at the time. In that regard, the executive branch's DOGE leader, Elon Musk, said Tuesday from the Oval Office that finding and ending improper and sometimes anonymous payments will save U.S. taxpayers a lot of money. Musk added DOGE oversight led to the discovery that, in at least one instance, Social Security payments were being made to people recorded to be 150 years old. Moore holds key roles on the Budget and Ways & Means article source: DRAIN THE SWAMP Act seeks to move DC bureaucracy 'out of crazy town,' House DOGE leader says
Fox News
12-02-2025
- Business
- Fox News
DRAIN THE SWAMP Act seeks to move DC bureaucracy ‘out of crazy town,' House DOGE leader says
EXCLUSIVE: House DOGE Caucus founder Aaron Bean, R-Fla., will put forward the DRAIN THE SWAMP Act this week as part of continuing legislative attempts to target government waste. The bill aims to require that federal agency heads relocate about one-third of headquarters-based employees "outside the Beltway" while finding ways to save taxpayer money through moves like selling underused Washington, D.C., office space. Bean, who launched the bipartisan DOGE caucus in November, said his bill, which stands for the Decentralizing and Reorganizing Agency Infrastructure Nationwide To Harness Efficient Services, Workforce Administration and Management Priorities Act is what is needed to bring more accountability to Washington's bureaucracy. "The swamp is thick and deep here in crazy town, and I'm here to drain it," Bean told Fox News Digital Wednesday. "It is time to remind Washington that our duty is to serve the American people," the Fernandina Beach lawmaker added. Agencies exempt from the legislation include the Pentagon, DHS, CIA and NSA, which is based at Fort George G. Meade near Glen Burnie, Maryland. The remaining 70% of the federal workforce allowed to remain in and around the district would be required to work in person 100% of the time under the legislation. The Office of Management and Budget, an executive cabinet agency, would then be directed to work toward selling — or not renewing leases on — office space vacated by the relocated bureaucrats, saving taxpayer funds. Bean quipped that the DRAIN THE SWAMP Act will ensure the federal government works for the people "and not the other way around." Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Bean's DOGE counterpart in the upper chamber, also put forward companion legislation, which helps speed up the process of reconciling House and Senate versions of a bill to make it to the president's desk. "The federal workforce has shown they clearly don't want to work in D.C., and I am going to make their dreams come true," said Ernst, who previously highlighted waste, fraud and abuse through her "Squeal Awards" that root out government "pork." Since founding the DOGE caucus, Bean has added two GOP co-chairmen to the ranks — representatives Pete Sessions of Texas and Blake Moore of Utah. Sessions, chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations, previously highlighted the $2.7 trillion in reported fraud and improper government payments over the past 20 years. "This is an absolutely unacceptable misuse of taxpayer dollars. Hardworking Americans deserve a government that works efficiently and effectively," Sessions said at the time. In that regard, the executive branch's DOGE leader, Elon Musk, said Tuesday from the Oval Office that finding and ending improper and sometimes anonymous payments will save U.S. taxpayers a lot of money. Musk added DOGE oversight led to the discovery that, in at least one instance, Social Security payments were being made to people recorded to be 150 years old. Moore holds key roles on the Budget and Ways & Means Committee.
