Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy paid a visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday, meeting with GOP lawmakers in both the House and Senate to discuss their much-anticipated “Department of Government Efficiency,” otherwise known as DOGE.
But while their visit generated all of the buzz that one might expect from an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the world’s richest man, it left little clarity about what, exactly, President-elect Donald Trump’s new government-efficiency effort would actually do.
There won’t be a lot of detail for the press today, and that’s by design,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters. “This is a brainstorming session.”
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Rep. David Schweikert, a debt-obsessed Republican from Arizona, told BI that his initial skepticism about Musk and Ramaswamy was assuaged after attending the DOGE caucus meeting with the duo, which he said focused more on the mechanics of how cuts might be pursued than specific line items to be targeted.
“There seemed to be a much deeper understanding of the structural issues and structural barriers than I expected,” said Schweikert. “I left genuinely impressed.”
Johnson told reporters that Thursday’s meeting were the “beginning of a journey” for lawmakers, and he’s probably right.
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