House Dem expects first DOGE subcommittee meeting to be 'full-on combat'

Sparks are expected to alert astatine Congress’ archetypal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee gathering Wednesday, according to 1 Democratic lawmaker successful the House of Representatives.

Democrats person blasted billionaire Elon Musk, who President Donald Trump tapped to pb DOGE, implicit the past week for trying to destruct waste, fraud and maltreatment successful national spending and trim the much than 2-million-person national workforce.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, told Axios that she plans to usage the proceeding to "clarify for the American people" wherefore DOGE’s actions are "illegal" and wherefore "Elon Musk has nary authoritative relation to bash this." 

"I deliberation it's going to beryllium a sh--show. I don't truly expect thing productive coming retired of this," Crockett said. "I don't expect that it's going to beryllium nice. I expect full-on combat, due to the fact that DOGE is intelligibly the devil close now."

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett speaks during the We Choose To Fight: Nobody Elected Elon rally astatine the U.S. Department of the Treasury connected Feb. 4, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)

DOGE subcommittee seat Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told the outlet she has "high hopes" that Republicans and Democrats volition prosecute productively during the hearing, which she said volition absorption connected "Medicaid improper payments."

"We're going to beryllium talking astir solutions, determination are going to beryllium large savings," she said, adding that she feels the contented is bipartisan.

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On Tuesday, Musk appeared with Trump successful the Oval Office arsenic the president prepared to motion an enforcement bid concerning the billionaire’s enactment starring DOGE.

Musk, successful immoderate of his archetypal nationalist comments connected starring DOGE, told reporters that determination are immoderate bully radical successful the national bureaucracy, but that they request to beryllium accountable, and the fund shortage needs to beryllium addressed.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters arsenic Elon Musk listens successful the Oval Office astatine the White House connected Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, successful Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

He besides pushed backmost against critics who person accused him of mounting a hostile takeover of the government, saying helium wants to adhd "common-sense controls" to national spending and that cutting authorities discarded is not "draconian."

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"The radical voted for large authorities reform, and that’s what the radical are going to get," Musk said. "That’s what ideology is each about."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.