Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will soon have a new powerful job assisting the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by billionaire Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer plans to create a Congressional subcommittee chaired by the firebrand Republican from Georgia.
Greene confirmed the ‘big news,’ writing on X that she’ll be working closely with Trump’s top allies.
Musk and Ramaswamy announced their plans Thursday to force federal workers to return to the office in order to end the work-from-home culture that settled into the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic.
They also want to cut wasteful regulations and spending in federal government by specifically targeting the number of federal government employees.
‘Requiring federal employees to come to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome: If federal employees don’t want to show up, American taxpayers shouldn’t pay them for the Covid-era privilege of staying home,’ the pair wrote in a Wall Street Journal opinion essay.
They argue that Trump had the authority to order ‘reductions in force’ despite existing civil-service protection laws that would prevent the executive branch from firing personnel.
But they sounded a compassionate note, reassuring potentially exiled government employees they would receive a soft landing.
‘Employees whose positions are eliminated deserve to be treated with respect, and DOGE’s goal is to help support their transition into the private sector,’ read the op-ed.
They proposed that Trump could offer federal employees incentives for early retirement and severance payments for employees to make a smooth transition.
DOGE, the pair wrote, would also seek to reduce cost savings by cutting the over $500 billion in spending from the executive branch that was not specifically authorized by Congress.
They pointed to other obvious problems in government, such as the Pentagon’s failure to pass an audit for the seventh time.
DOGE, they wrote, would complete their task by July 4, 2026 and dissolve.
‘We are prepared for the onslaught from entrenched interests in Washington. We expect to prevail. Now is the moment for decisive action,’ they wrote.
Ramaswamy and Musk spent Thursday morning on social media mocking Politico’s Playbook newsletter describing their goal as slashing ‘alleged government bureaucracy.’
‘They’ve officially invented a new phrase: “Alleged government bureaucracy,” Ramaswamy noted gleefully. ‘Just an early indicator of the coming onslaught.’
Musk also reacted on X, sharing laughing emojis and the word ‘alleged.’
DOGE has it’s own social media account on X.com, as it highlights glaringly wasteful spending by the federal government.
The account highlighted Wednesday that only 12 percent of government office space in Washington, DC was being used by employees.
‘Why are American taxpayer dollars being spent to maintain empty buildings?’ the account asked.
The agency acknowledged interest in potential employees, but warned they needed ‘super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting.’
‘If that’s you, DM this account with your CV,’ the message read. ‘Elon & Vivek will review the top 1% of applicants.’
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has cheered Musk’s plan as she has spent significant time pushing federal employees to return to the office
‘Elon Musk better bring his scissors to DOGE because there is $2 trillion worth of cutting to do,’ Ernst told DailyMail.com.