In a bold move to safeguard government efficiency, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Rep.
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the incoming chair of the Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) House Oversight Subcommittee, have issued a letter to 24 government agencies.
The letter seeks to thwart attempts to "Trump-proof" the government, a term coined to describe efforts to obstruct the incoming administration's agenda.
According to Gateway Pundit, the DOGE subcommittee, under the leadership of Greene, has been sanctioned by Chairman Comer. The subcommittee's mission is to "identify and investigate the waste, corruption, and absolutely useless parts of our federal government," as stated by Greene. This initiative is a clear reflection of the conservative values of limited government and fiscal responsibility.
Earlier this week, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, co-leaders of Trumps Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), were on Capitol Hill presenting their plan to lawmakers. Their proposal aims to slash $2 trillion in wasteful government spending, a move that aligns with the conservative principle of free-market economics.
Addressing the media on Thursday, Greene outlined the DOGE subcommittee's strategy to expose "every single unelected bureaucrat, every single agency that is wasting the American people's money, and the big government departments that need to be exposed for how they're not serving the American people." This statement underscores the conservative emphasis on individual freedom and limited government interference.
Greene also drew attention to Musk and Ramaswamy's innovative "naughty and nice list for members of Congress based on their spending habits with their voting card." This list will be used to publicly assess lawmakers' voting records ahead of the 2026 elections. In addition, Greene mentioned plans for regular communication with the American public, potentially through a weekly podcast or report.
The committee's inaugural action in its corruption exposure campaign involves putting 24 of Biden's federal agencies on alert. A letter has been dispatched to these agencies, announcing an investigation into "whether agency leaders are abusing federal labor laws by granting authority over agency operations and policy to unions, chiefly to bind the hands of a future President."
The letter references recent reports of collusion between the Biden Regime and Unions to undermine the incoming administration's agenda. One such attempt is a last-minute deal securing telework protections for 42,000 Social Security Administration (SSA) employees until 2029. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) criticized this move, stating, Across the country, people have gone back to work, yet youve got thousands tens of thousands of federal workers being paid over $100,000 a year each, and theyre not showing up for work.
The letter also highlights a report from Ernsts office, which found that only 6% of federal employees report in-person on a full-time basis while roughly one in three are fully remote. Musk noted that the exclusion of maintenance and security staff brought the figure to roughly 1%.
The letter concludes with a strong message to the Biden-Harris Administration, urging them to "cease negotiating or extending collective bargaining agreements with respect to a workforce it will have no responsibility to manage going forward." It argues that requiring an incoming President to negotiate with federal employee unions for the right to implement his policies is a ceding of executive power.
The committee is demanding that agency heads submit documents and communications relating to negotiations that seek to undermine the Trump Administration. The deadline for this submission is December 20, 2024. This move underscores the committee's commitment to transparency and accountability, core tenets of conservative values.
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