{"id":2747,"date":"2024-11-21T15:19:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T15:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/house-oversight-plans-new-subcommittee-to-coordinate-with-doge-efforts\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T15:19:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T15:19:11","slug":"house-oversight-plans-new-subcommittee-to-coordinate-with-doge-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/house-oversight-plans-new-subcommittee-to-coordinate-with-doge-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"House Oversight plans new subcommittee to coordinate with DOGE efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) intends to establish a new subcommittee next year led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that will oversee Delivering on Government Efficiency, a person familiar with the plans confirmed to Blue Light News.<\/p>\n<p>The subcommittee will be tasked with coordinating with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, an outside-of-government effort announced by Donald Trump which will be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The commission has been tasked with providing advice and coordinating with the White House and Office of Management and Budget. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Oversight committee has the broadest jurisdiction in the House and is the perfect place to support the DOGE mission. I\u2019m excited to chair this new subcommittee designed to work hand in hand with President Trump, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and the entire DOGE team,\u201d Greene said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will identify and investigate the waste, corruption, and absolutely useless parts of our federal government. Our subcommittee will provide transparency and truth to the American people through hearings. No topic will be off the table,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>The person familiar with the plans added that lawmakers have already met with the incoming DOGE team, including Ramaswamy. The subcommittee, the person added, will be tasked with investigating wasteful spending, looking at how to reorganize federal agencies with an eye at improving efficiency, and identifying solutions to eliminate bureaucratic red tape. <\/p>\n<p>House Democrats initially reacted to the news with disdain. \u201cThese distractions are not to the benefit of our constituencies or our culture. They\u2019re hurtful, they\u2019re harmful, and we\u2019re prepared to do the real work,\u201d Rep. Ann Kuster (D-N.H.) said. <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) added: \u201cMarjorie Taylor Greene chairing it tells you everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Nicholas Wu contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) intends to establish a new subcommittee next year led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that will oversee Delivering on Government Efficiency, a person familiar with the plans confirmed to Blue Light News. The subcommittee will be tasked with coordinating with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, an outside-of-government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}