‘I will have subpoena power’:
Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens Dr. Fauci with DOGE hearing
Daniel Hampton
November 21, 2024
Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene warned Dr. Anthony Fauci — the chief medical advisor to the president during the COVID-19 pandemic — that she will have subpoena power soon as a member of a new House subcommittee that will work with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Greene and House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) reportedly met with Ramaswamy and were “already working together,” CNBC reported Thursday. Comer hoped to establish the subpanel early next year.
Greene’s group will reportedly be named the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency — sharing the famous DOGE acronym with Musk and Ramaswamy's largely symbolic entity.
When asked on Real America's Voice about whether her committee will look at Fauci as part of her subcommittee's role in investigating "waste, fraud, and abuse," Greene threatened that "we can definitely bring accountability as far as COVID is concerned."
"Not just with Anthony Fauci," she said, adding that she hopes Trump's next attorney general — since announced as Trump loyalist Pam Bondi — will also take on the effort.
Marjorie Taylor Green (Erin Scott/Pool/AFP)
"I believe that Dr. Anthony Fauci is guilty of crimes against humanity and maybe some other things," she said, without evidence. "I think that's something the next attorney general should pursue and many Americans would support that."
Greene said there's "outrageous waste" throughout government with regard to pandemic-era spending.
"All types of agencies and grant programs. These are the types of things I'll be able to do on the subcommittee," she said.
Daniel Hampton
November 21, 2024
Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene warned Dr. Anthony Fauci — the chief medical advisor to the president during the COVID-19 pandemic — that she will have subpoena power soon as a member of a new House subcommittee that will work with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Greene and House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) reportedly met with Ramaswamy and were “already working together,” CNBC reported Thursday. Comer hoped to establish the subpanel early next year.
Greene’s group will reportedly be named the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency — sharing the famous DOGE acronym with Musk and Ramaswamy's largely symbolic entity.
When asked on Real America's Voice about whether her committee will look at Fauci as part of her subcommittee's role in investigating "waste, fraud, and abuse," Greene threatened that "we can definitely bring accountability as far as COVID is concerned."
"Not just with Anthony Fauci," she said, adding that she hopes Trump's next attorney general — since announced as Trump loyalist Pam Bondi — will also take on the effort.
Marjorie Taylor Green (Erin Scott/Pool/AFP)
"I believe that Dr. Anthony Fauci is guilty of crimes against humanity and maybe some other things," she said, without evidence. "I think that's something the next attorney general should pursue and many Americans would support that."
Greene said there's "outrageous waste" throughout government with regard to pandemic-era spending.
"All types of agencies and grant programs. These are the types of things I'll be able to do on the subcommittee," she said.
David Edwards
November 19, 2024
House Oversight Committee/screen grab
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) slammed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) conspiracy theory that Jewish space lasers ignited forest fires in California.
During a House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday, Moskowitz said he agreed with the decision to dismiss an employee of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, after she suggested that homes displaying support for President-elect Donald Trump should be avoided while providing hurricane relief.
"Disaster aid should never be declined based on support of any political candidate," Moskowitz insisted. "As the world is becoming more partisan, the world is becoming more divided. You're seeing it here in the country."
Moskowitz argued that Trump's so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, should focus on the size of the Department of Homeland Security when making improvements.
"But the last two Trump [FEMA] administrators will tell you, previous administrators will tell you when they leave the job, is that Homeland has become too big," he explained. "FEMA can't make the changes you want them to make... Homeland won't let them."
"So for the people at DOGE, if Vivek [Ramaswamy] and Elon [Musk] are listening, you need to look at Homeland," he continued. "And so what I'm saying is that don't look at [FEMA] Administrator [Deanne] Criswell or this FEMA administration or in this Biden administration."
Moskowitz concluded with a warning about politicians who politicize disasters.
"It is so important that we don't allow FEMA to become politicized and that we don't allow disaster aid to become politicized," he insisted. "Laser beams do not start fires in California. We cannot guide where hurricanes go."
The Florida Democrat noted that foreign adversaries have amplified the conspiracy theories "to divide Democrats and Republicans."
"They want us fighting over disaster aid because it helps their goal," he said. "We can't participate in that. We shouldn't amplify that."
Watch the video below from the House Oversight Committee or at this link.
'Knives are out': Senator tapped for DOGE caucus warns 'waste is on the chopping block'
Daniel Hampton
November 22, 2024
RAW STORY
An Iowa senator has been tapped to take the helm of a new Senate caucus that will work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's largely symbolic Department of Government Efficiency, which is tasked with identifying areas to slash spending. (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore) (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore)
An Iowa senator has been tapped to take the helm of a new Senate caucus that will work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's largely symbolic Department of Government Efficiency, which is tasked with identifying areas to slash spending.
An Iowa senator has been tapped to take the helm of a new Senate caucus that will work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's largely symbolic Department of Government Efficiency, which is tasked with identifying areas to slash spending. (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore) (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore)
An Iowa senator has been tapped to take the helm of a new Senate caucus that will work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's largely symbolic Department of Government Efficiency, which is tasked with identifying areas to slash spending.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will head the Senate DOGE Caucus after meeting with Ramaswamy at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, Politico reported.
"The tables are finally turning, the knives are out, and waste is on the chopping block," Ernst said in a statement, according to the news outlet. "The Senate DOGE Caucus is ready to carry out critical oversight in Congress and use our legislative force to fight against the entrenched bureaucracy, trim the fat, and get Washington back to work for Americans."
Ramaswamy wrote on social media that he and Musk look forward to partnering with the Senate to "downsize government."
"Grateful to Sen. Joni Ernst for her excellent suggestions yesterday!" he exclaimed.
Ernst is Iowa's junior senator. She has stirred controversy by promoting conspiracy theories, including about COVID-19, such as expressing skepticism about the death toll. In 2020, she suggested healthcare providers could be inflating coronavirus-related deaths for financial gain, a debunked claim echoed by far-right commentators and QAnon supporters.
On the House side, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will join a congressional subcommittee that will coordinate with DOGE.
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