{"id":2401723,"date":"2025-02-12T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-pledges-shoulder-to-shoulder-doge-fight-with-trump-and-musk-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T09:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:58:53","slug":"mtg-pledges-shoulder-to-shoulder-doge-fight-with-trump-and-musk-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-pledges-shoulder-to-shoulder-doge-fight-with-trump-and-musk-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"MTG pledges \u2018shoulder to shoulder\u2019 DOGE fight with Trump and Musk &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmtg-pledges-shoulder-to-shoulder-doge-fight-with-trump-and-musk-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2401723&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Marjorie Taylor Greene, the \u2063chairwoman of\u2063 the newly formed\u2063 House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering\u200b on Government Efficiency, has committed to addressing government waste alongside\u2062 President Donald Trump \u2064and Elon Musk.\u200b In her inaugural\u2062 hearing, she will focus on the issue of improper payments by the\u2062 federal government, including \u200coverpayments in programs like \u200bMedicaid and Medicare. highlighting\u2062 the urgency and importance of\u200c her\u200b work, Greene emphasized that the public \u2064is watching, and \u2064stated \u2063her goal is \u200bto\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-to-introduce-bill-banning-biden-administration-from-providing-cell-phones-to-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans To Introduce Bill Banning Biden Administration From Providing Cell Phones To Illegal Immigrants\">combat waste<\/a> while ensuring necessary support \u200dreaches citizens. She likened her approach to that of a businesswoman aiming to transform a failing entity into \u2062a triumphant one,\u200b arguing\u200d that government\u2063 inefficiency\u2063 is a concern that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-d-c-doldrums\/\" title=\"The D.C. Doldrums\">transcends party lines<\/a> and affects all Americans. Greene&#8217;s remarks also underscored the need \u2063for\u200d accountability in\u2062 how taxpayer \u200bmoney is utilized,pointing \u200bout the\u2064 ridiculousness of government \u200bpayments \u2064potentially going to individuals who are \u2063unlikely to \u2063be alive.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">MTG pledges &lsquo;shoulder to shoulder&rsquo; DOGE fight with Trump and Musk<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1991497\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The chairwoman of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3317067\/marjorie-taylor-greene-tackling-swamp-us-number-1-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House DOGE subcommittee<\/a> will pledge on Wednesday to work &ldquo;shoulder to shoulder&rdquo; with the president and his efficiency czar when she gavels in her first hearing targeting government waste.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3317067\/marjorie-taylor-greene-tackling-swamp-us-number-1-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) will present her House Oversight Subcommittee on <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/subcommittee\/delivering-on-government-efficiency\/\" title=\"\">Delivering on Government Efficiency<\/a> as a member of the team set up by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who heads the administration&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American people are watching. The legislative branch can&rsquo;t sit on the sidelines. In this subcommittee, we will fight the war on waste shoulder to shoulder with President Trump, Elon Musk, and the DOGE team,&rdquo; she will promise, according to excerpts of her opening statement released to Secrets.<\/p>\n<p>In the subcommittee&rsquo;s first hearing, Greene plans to look at government overpayments, which total billions of dollars, according to reports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is so strange it&rsquo;s hard to believe and embarrassing that parts of our government are functioning at this far outdated level.<\/p>\n<p>And no one would know without DOGE!!!<\/p>\n<p>The people want transparency and they are FINALLY getting it!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EU9FDnSTXL\">https:\/\/t.co\/EU9FDnSTXL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#127482;&#127480; (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1889457792190173432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This week, we turn our attention to improper payments by the federal government, including in Medicaid and Medicare. I&rsquo;m looking forward to what we find out and how to solve this crisis,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Musk raised this issue on Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference to tell the public what he and his team are doing and what they have found so far.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, he suggested that government payments are being made to people 150 years old. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the case where I think they&rsquo;re probably dead,&rdquo; Musk said. &ldquo;Or they should be very famous. One of the two.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Greene said she is approaching the chairmanship as a businesswoman and friend of taxpayers who will protect legitimate and needed payments and support to the public.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every day, Americans go to work. They run businesses. They have to earn their paycheck, no one guarantees it, and if they don&rsquo;t do a good job, they get fired. They also have to pay their bills, credit card debts, balance their checkbooks, and scrap and save every penny they can in order to plan for that rainy day and hopefully retirement one day,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No matter how bad the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-attorney-general-to-sue-biden-admin-over-illegal-deportation-freeze\/\" title=\"Texas Attorney General to Sue Biden Admin Over \u201cIllegal Deportation Freeze\u201d\">federal government fails<\/a> the American people, it still takes your money, it still pays its own federal employees, and it never goes out of business. There are no consequences for bad customer service, total failure, and for enslaving the American people against their will in the ever-growing and future all-consuming national debt,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3317067\/marjorie-taylor-greene-tackling-swamp-us-number-1-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tuesday interview with Secrets,<\/a> she said, &ldquo;I have a business mindset, and the only way I can look at the government is through making a failing company that&rsquo;s about to go bankrupt into a successful company. And so you have to start with the simple things.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And while Democrats on her committee have suggested otherwise, Greene said <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">tackling government waste<\/a> and trimming the $36 trillion deficit should be a bipartisan effort.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not a Democrat problem. This is not a Republican problem. This is an American problem,&rdquo; she said in her comments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1991497\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1991497\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTG vows to join Trump and Musk in tackling government waste<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2401724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Greene-Opening-Statement-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[23466,8508,4250,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2401723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-doge","tag-mtg","tag-musk","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Greene-Opening-Statement-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2401723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401727,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401723\/revisions\/2401727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2401723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2401723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2401723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}