DOGE continues its work to shape the government, Rep says - but swerves when asked who is leading it
Source: The Independent
Tuesday 16 September 2025 16:20 EDT
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency continues its work to shape the government, according to GOP Rep. Pete Sessions, but he swerved questions about who is leading the cost-cutting effort following Elon Musk’s departure.
Sessions, co-chair of the Congressional DOGE Caucus, whose role is to “lead government efficiency initiatives in the House of Representatives,” told Politico’s AI and Tech Summit Tuesday that DOGE remains “an active component in the government.”
The Texas representative, however, didn’t answer a direct question about who is in charge of the effort since Musk left the White House following his public fallout with President Donald Trump in June, according to the outlet.
“They meet on a regular basis. They are made up of professionals who have a mission. They are people who sincerely want to change the system,” Sessions said of the DOGE team, whose mission is still focused on “eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse of the taxpayers' money.”
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-work-continues-elon-musk-b2827709.html
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Has been infested with a cancer that permeates the entire governing structure. Just like we will probably have to shut it down in a week or two, we may have to do something similar on a grander scale to reclaim our rights and our self governing charter.
I don't know how to get there but I do know we had better be heading there fast.
