Rep. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico is the rating Democrat on the Home’s new Delivering on Authorities Effectivity subcommittee—and on Wednesday, she confirmed why. Together with the remainder of the Democrats on the dais, Stansbury stood up for democracy on the subcommittee’s first listening to. She excoriated Republicans for his or her fealty to billionaires like Elon Musk, the unelected meddler who’s supposedly reducing authorities waste with seemingly limitless energy and impunity.
Chaired by the reprehensible Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the subcommittee purportedly helps the work of the very unofficial Division of Authorities Effectivity, aka DOGE. President Donald Trump appointed Musk to run the so-called division, which has resulted in chaos because the billionaire and his minions trample by means of each authorities company, recommending and enacting draconian cuts whereas having access to essential information and data.
“We are going to have so much fun in this committee,” Stansbury mentioned earlier than turning her consideration to a video introduced earlier by the GOP, which confirmed President Barack Obama signing a 2011 government order that arrange an oversight and advisory board in a push to restrict authorities waste.
“I actually worked on the waste EO that was referenced,” Stansbury mentioned. “But there is one fundamental difference between the presidents and vice presidents that were shown on that video and what’s happening today, and that is that they followed the law.”
“We work for the American people,” Stansbury reminded her colleagues earlier than denouncing Musk and the GOP’s makes an attempt to characterize our federal workforce as waste. “Unfortunately, my colleagues right now are working on a reconciliation deal to cut Medicaid, to cut Medicare, and use that money to give tax breaks to their billionaire buddies. That is the gravy train that is actually going on here.”
“Because this is the oversight committee, let’s do some oversight,” Stansbury mentioned earlier than digging in on Musk’s harmful want to hack our Treasury Division.
“This system pays the bills,” she defined. “It pays our troopers. It pays for the work that we do abroad. It pays your Social Safety advantages. It pays your tax refunds. So why is Elon Musk and his hackers attempting to entry that system?”
“So what is going on here, and why is this such a threat to the American people?” Stansbury proceeded. “We know they’re trying to shut down payments. They’re trying to shut down agencies. What’s next? Are they going to shut down your Social Security payments? We don’t know because they have no oversight,” Stansbury added, pointing out that Republicans have blocked makes an attempt to subpoena the billionaire to seem in entrance of the committee.
“So we are sounding the alarm,” Stansbury continued. “And no matter how many executive orders that Donald Trump signs or how many tweets the VP sends, you cannot rewrite the Constitution and we are going to hold you to account.”
Hear, hear.
