WASHINGTON – Businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will meet with Home Republicans subsequent week to debate cuts to federal authorities spending, amongst different issues.
The transfer comes because the pair had been tapped by President-Elect Donald Trump to move the Division of Authorities Effiency. Trump wrote in an announcement that the brand new division’s focus shall be to “dismantle Authorities Forms, slash extra laws, reduce wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Companies – Important to the ‘Save America’ Motion.”
Home Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., shared on X, previously Twitter, that he’ll host the pair on Dec. 5.
“Wanting ahead to internet hosting @elonmusk and @VivekGRamaswamy subsequent week on Capitol Hill to debate main reform concepts to realize regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions, and price financial savings—& revive the precept of restricted authorities! @realDonaldTrump has made this doable!” Johnson wrote.
In a Wall Avenue Journal op-ed, Musk and Ramaswamy outlined their plan to reform the federal authorities underneath the brand new division, which included overseeing an enormous discount within the federal workforce.
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Musk and Trump beforehand met with Home Republicans in a closed-door assembly in November, the place Trump backed Johnson for a second time period.
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