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We should expect hundreds of billions of dollars in wasteful spending at the Department of Defense. It's unacceptable that a full audit won't be completed for four years. The Pentagon needs to be able to pass a budget now, and while the Marine Corps has passed a clean audit for two years, this needs to be department-wide. We need to know exactly where every dollar is going. This is basic accounting, and it's something the Defense Department has lacked. We're committed to fixing this. With America's $37 trillion debt, we must use resources wisely. We welcome partnerships, like with Doge, to streamline processes, cut waste, and ensure every dollar goes to our warfighters. The Defense Department has a huge budget, and responsible spending is crucial.

The President of the United States is in charge of the government. He appoints advisors, like Elon Musk and others at the White House, to execute his commands across federal agencies. Recently, Elon Musk claimed transparency at Doge, stating their actions are posted on X and their website. Regarding the termination and subsequent rescinding of 300 employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Secretary of Energy would be responsible for those decisions. Under President Trump, the goal is accountability and transparency in federal spending. For example, where did the $22 billion that the Department of Health and Human Services provided to illegal aliens go? That's enough to provide a free house to every homeless veteran in America.

This is truly an "America First" policy, fulfilling a long-standing public demand. Politicians have promised smaller, more efficient government for years, but only Donald Trump, with Elon Musk's help, is delivering on that promise with unprecedented speed. While some disruption is expected, the public desires action. Republicans will likely support this aggressive government audit, including a review of the Pentagon. The goal isn't to weaken the military, but to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse. Finding inefficiencies and redirecting funds to crucial areas will enhance national security, not compromise it. The American people want this, and it's achievable.

The President told me to be more aggressive, so we sent out an email to all employees asking what they do. We got a partial response, so we're sending another email. Our goal isn't to be unfair. Employees can simply respond that their work is too sensitive to describe. We want to keep essential employees who do their jobs well. If a job isn't essential or done well, those people shouldn't be on the payroll. Those million employees who haven't responded are on the bubble. Maybe they don't exist, or we're paying people who don't exist. A lot could have happened. The prior administration wasted money.

The Doge team is following the money to make real changes. New York is prioritizing illegal aliens over American citizens, but that stops today. Our committee will focus on bringing full transparency to waste, fraud, and abuse within the federal government, and present plans to fix these problems. We will fight the war on waste with President Trump, Elon Musk, and the Doge team. This week, we're focusing on improper payments by the federal government, including in Medicaid and Medicare. Elon Musk is showing the country the fraud, waste, and abuse that has been going on for decades, and Americans are cheering. Reciprocal tariffs will make America great again.

Doge arrived at the IRS and is now helping review government spending, starting with NASA. We're planning to slash departments by 30-40% if they can't justify their headcount and selling unused federal buildings. We've discovered taxpayer money is being used to fund things like Palestinian hip hop and bizarre animal experiments. The Department of Health and Human Services has also spent billions on cars and homes for migrants. The EPA was caught rushing to spend tax dollars on questionable projects, including a climate fund with a now-deleted board of directors page. Trump's administration is offering buyouts to federal workers, and 75,000 have already accepted. We're addressing government waste and fraud that has been ongoing for years. The goal is to reform and cut wasteful spending.

Doge's goal is to cut the federal deficit by $1 trillion by reducing waste and fraud, aiming for a 15% reduction in federal spending without affecting critical services. They claim to routinely find wastes of a billion dollars or more, citing a $1 billion survey example. Doge aims to cut $4 billion a day in waste and fraud. A key project involves digitizing the government retirement process, currently a paper-based system housed in a mine with 400 million documents. The goal is to reduce processing time from months to days. Doge is also addressing fraudulent Social Security claims, including instances of benefits being stolen and payments made to deceased individuals. They aim to ensure legitimate recipients receive more benefits, not less. Doge is working to modernize government IT systems, including those at NIH, where there are 27 different CIOs and 700 IT systems that don't communicate. They are also addressing duplicative functions and overstaffing across various agencies, such as the IRS. The Treasury is implementing stricter financial controls to prevent fraud and improper payments, which amount to hundreds of billions of dollars annually. They are reviewing contracts and grants, citing examples of wasteful spending, such as a customer service survey contract. Elon Musk addressed violence against Tesla dealerships, attributing it to propaganda from the far left. He also defended his criticism of Senator Mark Kelly's stance on Ukraine, stating that officials should prioritize the interests of the United States.

The speaker claims the military is controversial because it is over the target and that President Trump inherited a demoralized military that couldn't recruit. Since Trump's election, there has been a recruiting renaissance across all branches, with waiting lists for police and fire departments as well. Retention is up because service members now have a real commander in chief. The military is reinforcing standards, welcoming back those forced out by COVID mandates, and removing wokeness, DEI, and trans policies. Fort Benning and Fort Bragg are back to normal. The speaker states they are rebuilding the military, reassuring allies, and deterring enemies. They found nearly $6 billion in savings to reinvest, including $50 billion from the Biden administration's climate-focused initiatives. The speaker says they aim to wisely spend the first trillion-dollar budget on warfighters. They claim to have achieved 100% operational control of the border, with 11,000 troops now able to detain illegals and hand them over to CBP. NATO allies are stepping up, the Houthis are feeling American power, and they are deterring communist China. The speaker believes they are making the military great again due to President Trump's leadership.

Every day, the White House staff, the entire administration, and the cabinet are working on behalf of President Trump's leadership. Our goal is to remove lies from schools, men from women's sports, poison from our food, and wokeness from our military. We're also focused on removing predators from our streets and illegal immigrants from our country.

I want to quickly follow up on the discussion about data process upgrades. To be clear, these upgrades would involve costs. This committee, before the Trump administration, focused on rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse, including improper payments. It's interesting that now we're relinquishing our constitutional duties to an unelected bureaucrat, who is even occupying the Oval Office. This is the first DOGE subcommittee hearing, yet that individual isn't present. It's also interesting that DOGE is targeting the Department of Education, USAID, and others. I'm actually surprised that not everyone here is overtly supporting Musk's actions. We should focus on investing in technology to address issues like the Department of Defense's audit failures, which involve significant sums. The focus should be on these substantial issues, not on firing our entire federal workforce.

Budget reform isn't an option; it's essential. The American people deserve transparency and accountability to see where their tax dollars go. We must ensure funds are used as intended. We're committed to scrutinizing the federal budget, line by line, eliminating wasteful programs and ensuring cost-effectiveness. It should be easy to cut pointless waste that benefits no one. We aim to establish a new culture of efficiency, not just within our administration, but for every administration that follows. No amount of waste is acceptable when it's your money. We all know government inefficiency exists. Reorganizing and finding efficiency is challenging, and frankly, some of these necessary changes are overdue.

There's massive fraud in this country, including foreign nationals using fake social security numbers and identities to steal billions in taxpayer benefits. By clamping down on this fraud in our tax and entitlement systems, we could save over a trillion dollars. Doge are subordinate staffers of the federal government and political appointees that serve and answer to the president. They will analyze and assess for signs and symptoms of fraud and how IT systems are failing to detect it. We need to protect the integrity of these systems that Americans rely on. We are restoring neutrality, ethics, and accountability to the IRS to identify large-scale fraud, unfair politicization, and unfair targeting. We want to ensure confidence in the IRS and that no dollars are being stolen from the American people.

The speaker claims the military is experiencing a "recruiting renaissance" due to President Trump's leadership, reversing a decline attributed to Joe Biden. They assert that the military can barely absorb the recruiting volume and retention is up because service members want to serve under a "real commander in chief." The speaker states they are reinforcing standards, removing "wokeness" (DEI and trans policies), and restoring traditional names to military bases. They claim to have found $6 billion in savings to reinvest, including $50 billion redirected from Biden administration climate initiatives, and plan to wisely spend a trillion-dollar budget. The speaker says they have achieved 100% operational control of the border, with 11,000 troops now authorized to detain and hand over illegal immigrants to CBP. They assert this represents a significant expansion of military authority at the border.

"For ODNI, number one, our focus is and must always be making sure that our intelligence community is is focused on our mission, keeping the American people safe, secure, and free." "Secondly, mister president, you have charged me with the mission of finding the truth and telling the truth to the American people." "And we've exposed some of the worst examples of the weaponization of intelligence in the last several weeks." "Transparency telling the truth is what will drive true accountability for the American people who deserve nothing less." "I've gone through a reorganization for ODNI that we've announced in the last week." "We've cut nearly half of redundant unnecessary functions within ODNI, saving taxpayers over $700,000,000 a year." "Great job." "Thank you." "We look forward to hearing it."

DEI initiatives at the Defense Department are being eliminated. The focus will return to a merit-based, color-blind approach, emphasizing equality, high standards, and accountability in military readiness and lethality. The idea that "diversity is our strength" is rejected; instead, unity and shared purpose are highlighted as the true strengths of the military. The Pentagon is moving quickly to implement these changes, and those unwilling to adapt can seek employment elsewhere. Diversity, equity, and inclusion will no longer be part of the Defense Department's mission.

The speaker claims the military is experiencing a "recruiting renaissance" due to President Trump's leadership, reversing a period of demoralization and weak recruitment under Joe Biden. They state that police and fire departments also have waiting lists after previously struggling. Retention is up, standards are being reinforced, and those forced out due to COVID mandates are welcomed back. "Wokeness" including DEI and transgender policies, has been removed, returning Fort Benning and Fort Bragg to their original state. The speaker says they found nearly $6 billion in savings to reinvest, including $50 billion redirected from Biden administration climate initiatives, and will have a trillion-dollar budget. The military has 11,000 troops on the border who can now detain illegals and hand them over to CBP. NATO allies are being told to step up, the Houthis are feeling American power, and communist China is being deterred.

I've issued a deadline for agencies to submit waste reduction plans. Failure to comply will result in tech support intervention, which is essentially what my team is doing – fixing outdated government computer systems. We aim to find a trillion dollars in savings to prevent national bankruptcy. Every agency will have a "mini Elon Musk" to justify spending. We're freezing government credit cards for 30 days and doing a pulse check via email to see if employees are real and responsive, we suspect some are dead or even fictional. Some people are upset with our aid to Ukraine which has been spent on things like fashion shows, wine, and cheese puffs. Providing money to LGBTQ individuals in Serbia is also coming under fire. Some are questioning the loyalty of Elon Musk because of this. The Biden years proved we don't even need an active president, because institutions are running everything behind the scenes.

We're committed to transparency and want to keep you informed about our decisions. Our priorities are achieving peace through strength, restoring the warrior ethos, rebuilding our military, and reestablishing deterrence, as directed by President Trump. Be wary of media distortions; we're focused on supporting our war fighters. We're incorporating Doge to combat fraud, waste, and abuse, eliminating non-core Biden priorities. We're reorienting our budget, shifting $50 billion from Biden-era programs to Trump's priorities, building a lethal fighting force, while protecting key programs. We are reevaluating our probationary workforce to ensure accountability and mission-critical contributions, retaining top performers and implementing a hiring freeze to promote merit-based hiring. We're dedicated to rebuilding the best military, making tough decisions, and communicating directly with you.

The DOGE program is targeted at bureaucrats. Take the Department of Education, for example. They have a budget of about $280 billion a year, but less than 25% goes to educating students. The other $220 billion goes to bureaucracy, consultants who donate money back to Democrats, NGOs—it's money laundering. You can find this in almost every agency. The brilliance of DOGE is not that he is cutting spending, he doesn't have the authority to do that, we do. I want him to create a report, going agency by agency, identifying programs we shouldn't fund, and attaching a number to it. We then put a preamble on the front of that report and say every agency's budget will be cut by X amount as shown in the report, and none of those programs can continue.

The DOGE program is definitely targeted at bureaucrats. Take the Department of Education, for instance. They have a $280 billion budget, but less than 25% actually goes to educating students. The other $220 billion? It goes to bureaucracy, consultants who donate back to Democrats, more consultants, and NGOs. It's money laundering at its finest, and you'll find it in almost every agency. The brilliance of DOGE is not that he has the authority to cut spending, we do. I want him to create a report, going agency by agency, identifying programs we shouldn't fund and assigning a number to each. We'll add a preamble, cut each agency's budget by a set amount based on the report, and halt those programs for good.

The speaker claims the military is experiencing a "recruiting renaissance" due to President Trump, reversing a decline under Joe Biden. They assert that people want to join the military under Trump's leadership, and police and fire departments also have waiting lists now. Retention is up because service members want to serve under a "real commander in chief." Standards are being reinforced, and those forced out due to COVID mandates are welcomed back. "Wokeness" has been removed from the military, with DEI and trans initiatives eliminated. The speaker states they've found $6 billion in savings to reinvest, including $50 billion redirected from Biden administration climate initiatives. They aim to wisely spend the planned trillion-dollar budget. The military has achieved nearly 100% operational control of the border, with 11,000 troops now able to detain illegals and hand them over to CBP.

Speaker 1 confirms he will continue to help Trump if he is selected. He refers to a potential "government efficiency commission" or "Department of Government Efficiency," possibly called "Doge." Speaker 1 states that at Twitter, they cut about 80% of staff and improved the site's features more in the past year and a half than in the previous eight years. Speaker 1 suggests reviewing all federal agencies to determine if all 428 are necessary, noting there are more agencies than years since the US was founded. He believes they should reduce the number of agencies and eliminate overlapping responsibilities. He also advocates for reviewing regulations to remove those that are not sensible, as regulators tend to add more regulations every year. He anticipates needing a significant security team due to potential unpopularity and threats.

As part of our core mission to secure the nation and spend taxpayer dollars wisely, we're prioritizing President Trump's goals: peace through strength, restoring the warrior ethos, rebuilding our military, and reestablishing deterrence. We are incorporating an organization to find fraud, waste, and abuse, and eliminate redundancies, including Biden-era priorities like DEI and climate change initiatives, to reinvest in our core mission. We're also refocusing our existing budget, shifting about 8% away from Biden's programs to Trump's priorities, building a lethal fighting force. This isn't a cut, but a refocus, reinvesting existing funds. Finally, we're reevaluating our probationary workforce, as mandated by an executive order, to ensure we retain mission-critical individuals and eliminate redundancies. We aim to promote the best and brightest based on merit.

We're committed to transparency, keeping America safe, and using your tax dollars wisely. We're prioritizing President Trump's goals: peace through strength, a warrior ethos, military rebuilding, and deterrence. Don't believe the media; they often distort or get stories wrong. We're focused on our war fighters and building the best military. We're using outside help to find fraud and waste, eliminating non-core Biden initiatives. We are refocusing our budget, moving funds from these initiatives to Trump's priorities. This is reinvestment, not cuts, protecting key programs. Also, we're reevaluating our workforce to retain top performers and eliminate redundancies.

The speaker claims the military is controversial because it's over the target, and that President Trump inherited a demoralized military that couldn't recruit due to Joe Biden's actions. Since Trump's inauguration, there has been a recruiting renaissance across all branches, with waiting lists for police and fire departments as well. The military is retaining more personnel who want to serve under a real commander-in-chief. Standards are being reinforced, COVID mandate expulsions are reversed, and wokeness, DEI, and trans policies have been removed. Fort Benning and Fort Bragg are back to their original state. The speaker states they've found $6 billion in DOD savings to reinvest, including $50 billion redirected from Biden administration climate initiatives. They plan to wisely spend the first trillion-dollar budget on warfighters. The military has 100% operational control of the border with 11,000 troops who can now detain illegals. NATO allies are stepping up, the Houthis are feeling American power, and communist China is being deterred. The speaker believes they are making the military great again due to Trump's leadership.