Elon Musk met a small group of home republicans on Wednesday evening, where he discussed roads for cost savings in a search to find no less than $ 1 trillion of government waste, people who are familiar with the discussion to Fox News Digital.
“The executive power Doge -team Is confident, they think they can get $ 1 trillion, “a legislator who is familiar with the meeting told Fox News Digital.” Now we will see, right? And the thing is, he acknowledged that we are going to make mistakes, but we will correct them very quickly. “
The Gop legislator said that some concerns were expressed about whether other government offices such as the Ministry of Finance “have the bandwidth to do” what Musk is detailing. “And he says,” We’re going to help them, “said the legislator.
Several sources said that Musk met the subcommittee of the house Doge under the leadership of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., About 45 minutes for a wider meeting with the GOP conference of the house.
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Elon Musk spoke on Wednesday evening with home republicans
Several people said that musk pointed in areas where the government could be made more efficient, including an audit of how many dead people were removed from some federal benefits such as such as like Social security But still had taxpayers who responded to their accounts on unemployment or other programs.
“Many of these are cross-reference databases that ensure that they talk to each other,” said Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, a member of the subcommittee, to Fox News Digital.
Two legislators who are present for the meeting also said that the idea of ​​a congress couple was driven as another way to claw back excessive government spending, while Republicans and Democrats fight to give President Donald Trump room to issue less money than to admit the congress.
Rescissions Authority is granted to the congress to enable the cancellation of some planned government spending.
It is also one of the special cases in which the Senate needs only 51 votes to approve a bill instead of 60 – which means that senate republicans can pass on without democratic support.
Greene confirmed the sit-down to reporters, but did not mention a conversation about the conference output authority.
“We had a very long meeting, only my DOG committee with Elon Musk and his team, and have learned a lot of valuable information. The collaboration will be fantastic and it must happen,” said Greene.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene leads the Subcommissie Huis Doge (Kent Nishimura/Getty images)
Also present at both home meetings of Musk was his adviser Steve Davis, people told Fox News Digital.
After the smaller meeting, Musk had a wider discussion with home republicans where he spoke for about 15 minutes and then took questions.
“What we were doing was gaining a deeper insight into what Elon Musk does and is a kind of capable of strategizing with him, how we can coordinate what we do,” Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, who is also on the Doge-sub Commission, reporters.
Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-fla., Fox News Digital said that “systematically were not checks to ensure that the taxpayer dollars were spent correctly.”
He said that Musk did not discuss any other tax battles in the congress, and that Musk “just tried to outline what they find in a very short period and how little accountability exists in our government’s operating system.”
“It made me laugh and it made me sick at the same time,” Rep. Dan Meuser, R-PA., Fox News Digital told. “The level of waste and what they find is unconscious.”
Rep. Ralph Norman, RS.C., said that Musk “just started.”
“He just says:” I am investigating and find things that you really can’t argue with. ” He said he makes mistakes, he will correct them, but his mission is to discover where our tax money is.
Rep. Derrick van Orden said he expressed concern about veterans and farmers. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
It is because some house republicans have had to deal with controversial town halls or demonstrations with regard to musk and doge in their home districts. Gop -legislers previously shared frustrations with Fox News Digital that they were often left somewhat in the dark at the work of Musk.
Rep. Derrick van Orden, R-Wis., Tilers told reporters that he broadcast similar concerns in the closed-door meeting. Musk was open to those issues, he added.
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“I specifically talked about this with Elon. There are our veterans and our farmers. So there is a lot of fear at the moment because people don’t understand what’s going on,” said Van Orden. “And I clearly expressed the worries of our veteran community. And Mr. Musk was explicitly clear that we will ensure that we have no relegation of the benefits for our veterans they have earned.”
The back-to-back house meetings for Musk came after he spoke with Senate republicans in a similar setting with a closed door.
