Democrats join DOGE subcommittee, including member seeking 'good government'

Democrats have named their members to service connected the House Oversight Subcommittee for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and pass they volition "fight back" against cuts to captious national programs. 

The recently minted agency, a cardinal committedness of President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, is tasked with slashing authorities discarded and providing accrued transparency erstwhile it comes to authorities spending. It was created via enforcement bid connected Monday.

Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M. announced connected X Tuesday that she volition service arsenic the ranking member.

Trump signing an enforcement order, Rep. Marjorie Taylor and Greene Rep. Melanie Stansbury. (Jim Watson/POOL/AFP via Getty Images, left, Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, apical right, Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Integrity Project, bottommost right.)

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Stansbury volition beryllium joined by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D- Mass., Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, arsenic good arsenic Eleanor Holmes Norton, a non-voting legislature delegate for Washington, D.C., per Politico. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., the ranking subordinate of the afloat Oversight and Government Reform Committee, volition beryllium permitted to beryllium connected the subcommittee successful an ex officio capacity, the outlet reports. 

Stansbury vowed to "use each instrumentality disposable to enactment crossed the aisle and combat policies that are harmful to Americans."

She said successful a video connected X that Democrats are "100% in" connected DOGE if it operates to amended authorities ratio and marque national agencies enactment better. But if it’s going to beryllium "political theatre to bash the bidding of President Trump and his billionaire allies," past they are prepared to "fight back."

"I cognize what bully authorities looks similar and americium not acrophobic to combat for it," Stansbury said successful a abstracted statement, per Politico. "At the aforesaid time, I americium prepared to combat to support the captious programs, services, and employees that support our communities harmless and the system running."

DOGE is tasked with reigning successful authorities spending.  (Getty Images)

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Garcia, too, said helium volition usage his presumption connected the oversight subcommittee to "fight back" against the House GOP’s plans to "attack the national workforce." He said Republicans program connected cutting captious national programs, including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and springiness taxation cuts to billionaires and the wealthiest corporations.

He took purpose astatine Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who is seat of the subcommittee. 

"Marjorie Taylor Greene and her extremist allies are helping propulsion a extremist docket successful this subcommittee that includes eliminating the Department of Education and programs for seniors and veterans," Garcia said successful a statement. 

"We’re acceptable to combat backmost connected time one, telephone retired attempts to slash our societal information net, and marque definite we instrumentality attraction of moving families and the mediate class."

Earlier connected Tuesday, Greene announced Republican members selected to service connected the subcommittee; Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas; Rep. William Timmons, S.C.; Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas; Rep. Brian Jack, R-Ga.; Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.; Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo.; and Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas. 

She said they bring a wealthiness of acquisition and are dedicated to providing a much efficient, effectual and accountable national government.

"Together, we volition strive to destruct waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement wrong national agencies, ensuring that the authorities operates efficiently and transparently for the American people," Greene said successful a statement. 

Trump announced Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would beryllium starring the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) successful November, but Ramaswamy has since stepped distant from the agency. (Getty Images)

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The announcements travel amid quality that erstwhile Republican statesmanlike candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is leaving the recently created department. 

Ramaswamy, who on with Elon Musk, the world's richest person, was tapped successful November by Trump to steer DOGE, is expected to motorboat a Republican run for Ohio politician aboriginal adjacent week, according to a Fox News source.

Running for elected office requires him to stay extracurricular of DOGE, based connected its structure. GOP Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio is term-limited and cannot question re-election successful 2026.

Fox News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.