House Oversight Committee says it plans to form a subcommittee for Trump's 'Department of Government Efficiency'
WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee announced Thursday that Republicans plan to create a subcommittee that would work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on President-elect Donald Trump's recently announced advisory group, the "Department of Government Efficiency."
WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee announced Thursday that Republicans plan to create a subcommittee that would work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on President-elect Donald Trump's recently announced advisory group, the "Department of Government Efficiency."
The GOP-controlled panel said in a post on X that the subcommittee, which would be formed for the next Congress starting in January, would be chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told Fox News that the subcommittee would "align with the Trump administration’s priorities to eliminate government waste, streamline the federal government’s operations and cut red tape that’s stifling jobs and increasing costs for the American people."
Greene and the Trump team didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. Greene posted on X about it Thursday morning.
The top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, criticized the new subcommittee and Greene for working with "two unvetted billionaires who stand to receive billions more in government contracts and subsidies from the government under Trump."
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