JUST IN: Ted Cruz Fires Back At Ed Markey's Amendment To Rein In Elon Musk And DOGE
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- At today's Senate Commerce Committee hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) opposed Sen. Ed Markey's (D-MA) amendment to restrain Elon Musk and DOGE.
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We The People Want Accountability!
WE WANT TO LOWER SPENDING, BUT DO IT THE RIGHT WAY WITH ELECTED OR GOV OFFICIALS AND VOTE.. I VOTED FOR TRUMPY, NOT HIS RICH BUDDIES. MUSK IS NOT A GOV OFFICIAL, OR ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE MUST GO. WE THE PEOPLE, THIS IS A DEMOCRACY. AMERICANS WILL NOT SLEEP, ALLOWING SOME UNELECTED TEAM LOOKING INTO OUR TREASURIES🤨HECK NO WE HAVE DUM HUMANS IN OUR COUNTRY. RUS OR CHINA WOULD NEVER ALLOW ANYONE TO LOOK INTO THEIR TREASURIES.. YA DUM AZZEZ
Then ask the convicted felon donald trump(with 34 criminal counts) why he illegally fired all the Department Inspector Generals? To steal without impunity?
So you don't want Elon running around getting access to sensitive data he can use to further his own businesses without oversight, is what you're saying?
Absolutely! We the People demand accountability and transparency! Stop pillaging taxpayers money !
@@janartoos2744 HELL NO, NO ELON. WE WANT CHECK AND BALANCES ..LISTEN...YES I VOTED FOR TRUMP, BUT WE ARE A COUNTRY OF CHECKS AND BALANCES.
Get rid of these corrupt career politicians…..
So Cruz as well, correct? Left or right...all are corrupt.
WE WANT TO LOWER SPENDING, BUT DO IT THE RIGHT WAY WITH ELECTED OR GOV OFFICIALS AND VOTE.. I VOTED FOR TRUMPY, NOT HIS RICH BUDDIES. MUSK IS NOT A GOV OFFICIAL, OR ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE MUST GO. WE THE PEOPLE, THIS IS A DEMOCRACY. AMERICANS WILL NOT SLEEP, ALLOWING SOME UNELECTED TEAM LOOKING INTO OUR TREASURIES🤨HECK NO
@@wisdoma4860You allowed Soros to do this under Obama, and Biden! You have no leg to stand on here! This is who our elected President chose to get rid of all of the corrupt spending by these weasels in this Govt. Get over it! If ya don't like it, move!
@@wisdoma4860 We just spent 4 years with a vegetable as president and our country was run by an unelected team. No one is going to steal your "treasures." I am rather certain the richest man in the world does not want to take the money from your bank account. The only way to find the fraud and abuse that's been going on for literally decades is to shine the light on everything.
Thanks for your vote, but thw rest of us voted for Trump because of what he promised to do. Thank God for Trump and Elon, and JFK, and everyone else in his cabinet for MAGA!
Suddenly they’re worried about our privacy when they got exposed.
WE WANT TO LOWER SPENDING, BUT DO IT THE RIGHT WAY WITH ELECTED OR GOV OFFICIALS AND VOTE.. I VOTED FOR TRUMPY, NOT HIS RICH BUDDIES. MUSK IS NOT A GOV OFFICIAL, OR ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE MUST GO. WE THE PEOPLE, THIS IS A DEMOCRACY. AMERICANS WILL NOT SLEEP, ALLOWING SOME UNELECTED TEAM LOOKING INTO OUR TREASURIES🤨HECK NO
@@wisdoma4860did you vote for the 82 000 IRS agents to be hired by Biden to audit american people ?
I wonder what Snowden thinks about that?
@@wisdoma4860 Shouting will not get your message across. You do not vote for heads of departments at all. The government or the President can create any departments they want & call it what they want. they can hire the head of the departments. The heads of these departments are answerable to the government or the President. They are given a brief & that is what Elon Musk is doing, very quickly by what waste they have found so far. Its clear that USAID was top of the list due to complaints that it was spending taxpayers money unwisely. If you voted for Trump you voted for his policy to stop federal funds being wasted. Be happy!
@wisdoma4860 I see what you're saying. I disagree. Our government has shown for a very long time they can't balance a budget. When you need help, get help. Elon knows how to downsize and remain profitable. If he really wanted to steal your bank info, think about how many people use Google pay, Google phones, save all their data on Google Chrome. If he really wanted your pennies he would've taken it already.
WOW! Everyone should take note of this guy. He doesn’t want the corruption exposed. Why? Has something to hide, obviously.
Key word on Markey's statement....PRIVACY...THEY WANT...PRIVACY ON THEIR CORRUPT MONEY LAUNDERING!
Everyone that voted against it apparently has something to hide. They are scared they are shaking. They do not want Eagle on musk to find out. They probably have second and third social security numbers and large amounts of money 💰 in bank accounts with fake names they use
absolutely correct. When I hear Democrat advocates speak it makes me sick. The Democrat politicians all act as though they've been put together by a committee.
Thats rigth!!
Remember you work for Americans as a PUBLIC SERVANT.
Right! They don't work for Elon Musk or Donald Trump, they work for the people.
They fail to remember this!!
Soros was okay Dodge not ? 😆
Elon is a traitor. Stop the Tech Lords
They don’t care, that’s why we’re in this situation. We just heard the desperation of the left to keep the status quo. They whine about security of information yet have not produced one single event which looking at the money spent would somehow violate the security they so called worry about.
America voted for this to happen. Seeing corrupt politicians writhing in agony just proves how important this is to happen.
It's fun to watch, too! 🤣
@@TC-eagleseyeIt's hilarious! Elon musk has your name, social security number, address and medical records! 😂
Americans voted for Elon Musk Data STEALING? 😂
Musk will make so much money from this 😂
@@dltn42 shill, by being happy for your money to be stolen and sent to anti-American organizations, your anti American sentiments are noted.
@dltn42 Good to see you don't believe that....
Senators fighting against this has to go
I agree, if they don't go they will just go right back to doing it after Trump is out of office.
AGREED. Anyone fighting the subpoena for NaziMusk(per his Hitler salute) to testify has to go.
They don’t want to get exposed that’s all it is, they can give a fuck about Americans privacy
As Taxpayers n Voters WE have to Ask Why !! 😎😎🇺🇸 if they wanted to cut cost WHY HAVENT THEY !! 😎🇺🇸😎
Their the guilty one's 👍👍👍👍👍
Expose these corrupt criminals.
Corruption getting exposed.
Hahaha why didn't Musk audit the PENTAGON, that missed 60 billion dollars last year?
@@dltn42the pentagon has not passed a government audit in decades. The only military branch that has the last two years is the Marines.
@@allboostnojuice ummm over half the country don't vote for Trump, they voted for someone else so yes it is the senators job to oppose. Ya'll wanna be Russia.
@@scottzinn6326 They aren't cutting defense spending. Wanna know why? Musk and private contractors wanna get paid for their government contracts with the Pentagon. Musk has 15 billion dollars on contracts. No Musk and the oligarchs will blame the poor and their 1% of the annual budget on our spending problem when it's really about keeping a steady stream of money from the government in their pockets. Ppl just aren't smart enough to understand that they want the spending for them and of course South Africa now. Not sure how ppl on this thread think any of this is going to lower their cost of living.
@@dltn42 PENTAGON doesn't need to be audited because cero miedo.
The gentleman who said, that "this committee can cut wasteful spending" I woud say, you should have been cutting wasteful spending about $36 trillion dollars AGO!!!
Exactly, this is so crazy, they are so full of it.
Dear Leader is responsible for most of that from his last stint as your leader. Facts Buckwheat.
@@MattBlasterson Covid sabotage. You wookin pa nub?
My comment is PROVE IT
Republicans weren't in charge "DA"!!!
These bureaucrats say they can cut spending. They have only allowed more and more wasteful spending over the past 30 something years.
Lol right? "Something we could do...." uh-huh...
Screw that, we the people want accountability!
USAID distributes the funds approved by laws made Democrats AND Republicans in Congress. Congress controls the purse. You're woefully ignorant of how government works. And, there is already a department that investigates waste in government. Musk and his goons are only making a show. The real aim is to make cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to fund tax cuts for the rich. Don't be fooled.
USAID has a budget of $23 billion. That's less than 1% of the Federal budget. Look it up. Know that Trump want's to lift the spending ceiling so he can fund tax cuts to the rich.
Trump barely won, we did not vote for a tyrant to demolish institutions at the request of a billionaire who retweets the wildest conspiracies and fake news stories.
In Texas we don't want accountability and that's why Ted Cruz keeps getting elected to the Senate.
We have agencies tasked to do just that - take some time to learn about GAO and OIGs. Their reports are public.
@@haleyl9640 Shouldn't everything be public.
And we wonder why the country is 37 trillion in debt
It’s because we spend more than tax receipts.
@mrloanagentman because there is no accountability for doing so. Because the government is corrupt.
Oh no that's all Biden there these folks jus added to it
Spent a lot of money not for American.
EXACTLY
The people have the right to privacy. The Federal government has no right to privacy
Exactly!
Whole true!
What freaking bullshit is that, the people have the right to see all the bullshit Trump did. Oh even when we have seen it he still claims he did nothing wrong. Such bullshit. Please stop whining on over shit that Trump has already gotten away with and trying to justify that this is wrong. Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit
Yes and no. There are also people working in the Federal government. And the people working in the Federal government are also a part of the people. And now start thinking for yourself what does it mean.
This is not what I said. It was changed. I said the government needs to be audited. All companies go through audits. We the people have the right to know where money is going and how it is spent. I want to know what I'm being taxed for. Elon is doing a good job
"Protect our own perogative" should speak volumes to the American people!
I heard that loud and clear!
Imagine fighting an audit of federal spending.
My bank knows every tranaction I make and report it to Fed. Citizens should expect this from GOVT. Show us books!
To be fair I understand the point of an ethics commitment for appointees and maybe some security check should be in place. But not one that prevents DOGE from doing their job in any way. The rest is all bs.
Our congressmen offshore accounts need to be investigated.
@@Luc-gk7jm stop asking for red tape being placed and let the swamp be drained.
people who are opposed to someone finding out where your taxpayer dollars are going means that they have something to hide... and oh boy, they have a lot to hide.
these politicians and democrats are all criminals.
The people voted for the Trump Administration. We knew about DOGE before the election and approved.
They’re crying about losing access to the people's money 😂
It's the best comedy show ever!!!
@@BreaknBrad yes exactly!! They lost their slush fund.
You are correct
10000% facts
No, they are concerned as many of us are that billionaires are using the Federal Government to take away our tax money and put it in their pockets. I"m sure you're not a rich person you're just sticking your head up one
Anyone having a hissy fit over DOGE is showing just how corrupt they are. They ALL belong in prison. Thieves and slavers.
I agree 100 %
Absolutely!
Do you think I'm corrupt? Giving children access to sensitive information is an act against the American people. Even the uneducated ones that trump loves so much.
Corruptocrats
They need to pay back what they took and serve time in jail
Don't speak for us! We want this audit! We should do a walk to show We are with this audit!!!
Correction they don't want their corruption exposed😂😂😂
True! They know they are GUILTY OF TREASONOUS
You mean America have a con man for a president
😂
I am a Scot from Aussie, when Trump was the candidate in 2016 I looked into what a democrat and a republican was after about a week, I concluded that the democrats were a criminal cabal, and so far all my conspiracies have been true haha
That's what the corrupted James Comer is all about. Remember he was using a Russian Operator Smirnoff's fake report against Biden?
Ms. Cantwell, as a voting resident of Washington State, I want this audit to continue without interference.
It's not an audit. It's project 2025 dismantling regulatory bodies
Markey is prime example of why we need term limits. He's likely afraid his kick backs will get exposed. Go get 'em Elon!!!
They need to investigate everyone that was in support of this.
Forbes is killing it lately with the full videos.
Except when 'Nancy Mace' is dragon slaying. Then the comments are turned off. 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
USAID distributes the funds approved by laws made Democrats AND Republicans in Congress. Congress controls the purse. You're woefully ignorant of how government works. And, there is already a department that investigates waste in government. Musk and his goons are only making a show. The real aim is to make cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to fund tax cuts for the rich. Don't be fooled.
USAID has a budget of $23 billion. That's less than 1% of the Federal budget. Look it up. Know that Trump want's to lift the spending ceiling so he can fund tax cuts to the rich.
They also want to be on President Trumps good side.
SEN. TED CRUZ...SPOT ON, LET THE PEOPLE LEARN THE TRUTH.....
everyone in this country knows EXACTLY who is stealing all the money now!
Yeah, Musk.
@angiemoore5341 take them beer goggles off your looking at the democratic party 😂
@@angiemoore5341 Are you getting paid by the dems?
@@angiemoore5341 Nope. He's exposing it to daylight & calling it out!
Facts!!!! They don’t even know how to hided either’ 🤦🏽♂️
As we know those who cry are most likely the one getting kick backs.
and afraid of getting caught.
No one should breach our private data.
@@mynameisnobodysometimeseve7653 unless it's our corrupt gov't selling our info to China? I applaud and trust Elon Musk
@@mynameisnobodysometimeseve7653 Then you should be talking to all the social media companies
Yes, true. They feel so sorry for that loss..
I voted against you, Ms. Cantwell, and I'm glad to see how right I was to do so.
The Federal Bureaucracy has been spending our tax dollars with no accountability. DOGE scares the hell out of those who spend our money recklessly.
Those who authorised US taxes on many of those projects should be investigated, not the messenger.
No more free money. America first 🇺🇸
give us the actual tax payer back some of that money if they are going to want to give our money away give it back to the Tax payer.
@ your grandmother or your aunt or your cousin's mother is going to suffer because you think you're going to get rich from a kleptocracy
Bot
You just dont get it .. smdh
America first us. You will get nothing. He used you. Treasury is now his personal bank.
We the people want to know where our money goes! We, the people, voted for this. We want accountability!
I’m all for accountability.. What I’m sick to death of are and of these elected representatives saying things they cant prove by paper that’s we can see just to create havoc.. Meaning a lie is a lie not a truth..
I also want a say in where my tax dollars goes. The spending spree is against the Americans wishes.
Where our money goes? It's called the military industrial complex. You didn't know?
Elon Musk has been talking to putin since 2022. He got a loan from the chinese government to build tesla. But its under chine law that if you are funded by chinese government you have to share intelligence and all other sort of sensetive information with the chinese government. Trump himself admires putin. And now dismantling the CIA and counter intelligence. Do you know how much Russia , China, North Korea and Iran want to take America down. Ordinary Russian wish they hard the freedoms we have? In Russia you can't say anything about Putin because you will disappear for life. Ted cruz does not care because he gets paid by these guys. You probably never been in a third world country. In third country all you have is multimillionares and government officals owning everything. The rest of the people don't have anything. It doesn't matter which country you go to, rich people never have the interest of ordinary working people. Its ok to vote for a leader but if you see them going out of line, its job as a responsible citizen to fight. All the money they are saying they are going to save the government ordinally working Americans including you and me we will never see it. Check the congress oversight. This is just one incident ,"On November 8, 2017, when Donald Trump Jr. stayed at former President Trump’s D.C. hotel, the Secret Service under President Trump approved a room rate of $1,185-more than five times the approved government per diem rate of $201. The room records provided to the Committee by Mazars show that the Secret Service was indeed charged the astounding rate of $1,185 for two rooms that evening. Amazingly, that same night, the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., rented out more than 200 rooms to private parties at just $125 or $170 each. "' Nobody is disputing the immigration is out of control and everybody is on board to fix it. Elon Musk got $465 million dollars to start Tesla. He is the biggest beneficiary of US tax payers. I'm sure you go to work everyday like the rest of us. I'm also sure you pay taxes. If Musk going to check everything else, wouldn't be better to start with himself since he gets the biggest chunck of money from the US government? I personally never follow blindly like most people do. Following along party line is what going bring America down. With one party check the other out we are going to be screwed. We are just need not get caught along party line to save this great Country.
Well done Mr. Cruz and all who said no. This has nothing to do with privacy as they claim, this is to stop their exposure.
Enjoying every minute of this!!!!!!😅😅😅😅😅
WHERE THE CUTS ON $60 BILLION PENTAGON WASTE? 😂
Musk is cutting only the money on Social Security, School s and medic aid 😂
@@dltn42 You're kidding, right???
@@dltn42 Clearly, you haven't been paying attention.
Trump turned a light on in the kitchen with Elon. The roaches are scattering.
Exactly
So if Biden had put George sorros in the government you'd be ok with it?
There is no light being turned on. In fact, the opposite of light, this is all being done under a cloak of secrecy in the dark. You folks are so brainwashed that you can not look around and see what is going on before you. Instead you need to be spoon fed lies by those who would steal your benefits that you spent your entire working lives for
As a financial professional I can tell you that YOU DO NOT NEED ACCESS TO THE TREASURY PAYMENT SYSTEM TO DO AN AUDIT OR OBTAIN AN EXPLANATION ABOUT EXPENDITURES
Elon gets billions from the government. Trump, too.
I say give him MORE ability to do what needs to be done 👏
Follow the Money. When they Cry and Lie, your on the right track.
What makes you think America is gonna see a dime?
@@goliathonline69all these unintelligible bots comments won’t serve any purpose lol
@@goliathonline69 what makes you think they won't - oh, maybe the last 4 yrs?
I'm just wondering why haven't right wing money items been made public as well. Why hide those ?
@@groupergary5536 how do you know they haven't been shown?
"There is no branch of Government called Elon Musk. Cutting waste and fraud is one thing, and this committee could do that..." - Ed Markey.
Then why haven't you?
What a question
I know right😂 I rolled my eyes hearing that what a joke they had all these years and they were just sitting ducks
Exactly, the democrats arv the party of the old elites who would like to preside over their hand picked bureaucrats.
There is no branch of government called John Kerry either.
Because they don't want to cut off the hand that feeds them.
Drain the Swamp!
These politicians who fight over USAID shows how need to leave the house
They are criminals if they weren’t stealing tax payer money they wouldn’t be worried
Ilhan Omar 18M $$$$$$$$$$ 😡
Trump is filling the swamp with loyalists and partisan hacks.
Shumer 30M $$$$$$$$$$$$$ 😡
They want to continue sending money out to useless things because they authorize it.
I made popcorn for this 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
These people are afraid they are going be found out for their insider trading!! It's laughable!
It’s far worse than just insider trading! It’s fraud , money laundering, bribes and kickbacks !
The louder they object, the more thorough their audit should be! Keep draining the swamp!!
The freaking swamp is Elon and his billionaires. Trump is also a disgrace. Getting rid of the swamp is the moron president. Getting rid of him and his delusional lies is what needs to be done.
It’s the first time in my life that anyone has ever tried to cut government spending so I’m all in.
I guess your all for the Coup that just happened on your government. First Coup in American history and you can't even call it what it is. Don't worry the rest of the world is calling it what it is and realizes a Coup on your government means the U.S government and country is breaking. A Coup btw is a seizure of Federal systems or building by way of a small unelected group of people. A Coup continues with the seizure of a federal building that Police do not and will not allow congress into. So keep on cheering for your Coup and dictatorship. The rest of the world realizes the U.S is falling.
USAID distributes the funds approved by laws made Democrats AND Republicans in Congress. Congress controls the purse. You're woefully ignorant of how government works. And, there is already a department that investigates waste in government. Musk and his goons are only making a show. The real aim is to make cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to fund tax cuts for the rich. Don't be fooled.
USAID has a budget of $23 billion. That's less than 1% of the Federal budget. Look it up. Know that Trump want's to lift the spending ceiling so he can fund tax cuts to the rich.
@@papaix4387 ummm that's false. Trump is taking you on a ride. He will just spend the money he takes from helping people and spend 800k for military deportation flights for 100 Iranians and plans to Mara Lago Palestine. He's never about people, only how he and his buddies can extrapolate as much money and resources from a system to benefit themselves while making it look like he's doing something. Much like the tariff negotiations. He literally did nothing and claimed victory, or releasing all the water from CA dams 600 miles from LA while claiming victory. Hint, the farmers use that water in the summer for droughts, he flooded the plains 600 miles from LA and there is no aqueduct to LA from that area. A real winner.
@@papaix4387 the pentagon accounts for most of your tax money. It's not being audited.
Investigate that Guy! Please
In all honesty this has changed how I feel about DOGE and Elon Musk. I hope America gets a full tally/list of waste in ALL the branches of government once they're done. This is outrageous and obviously just a drop in the bucket.
Sen Cruz thank you for standing up against him.
If there is nothing to hide then pull back the curtains and prove it.
Why take down the website and hide the proof from the American people? Because all.of this is lies. Sending birth control to women who can't get it otherwise because men prevent them from having it is not wasteful. It is protecting women from forced pregnancies.
@@PommyBlokeAdventures Yeah, Oz.
America voted for DOGE. We the people are very happy this is finally happening.
Guaranteed Markey's got skin in the Game, and doesn't want to lose it.
We can vote with this committee to stop wasteful spending!
Oh really.. 😂
Expose the waste Elon!
Hopefully that is true
When your money disappears from your accounts then who is going to cry.
@@janiehernandez6140 what news do you watch?
No, that's not what they're doing there trying to shut down the agencies to create their own to control the country. All they want is more money and power at taxpayers expense
WE WANT TO LOWER SPENDING, BUT DO IT THE RIGHT WAY WITH ELECTED OR GOV OFFICIALS AND VOTE.. I VOTED FOR TRUMPY, NOT HIS RICH BUDDIES. MUSK IS NOT A GOV OFFICIAL, OR ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE MUST GO. WE THE PEOPLE, THIS IS A DEMOCRACY. AMERICANS WILL NOT SLEEP, ALLOWING SOME UNELECTED TEAM LOOKING INTO OUR TREASURIES🤨HECK NO
Victory! Let the quest for truth and the rule of law prevail
Thank you, Ted Cruz, and you are right we voted!💪🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️
I'm so glad to be alive for this!
Karma is beautiful
Me too, by God, me too.
@@justelvin me too I’m 77 n never thought I I would be here for this. I’ve been waiting a long time ♥️
@@salliesue2 Me too, 62 Dutchman, great movements. Let's this system down and build a decent one.
😄me too.
They're ashamed now that the truth is coming out and they should be.
I doubt it. A bit scared MAYBE... INCENSED DEFINITELY. They think they are above The People - the civilian citizens. So they don't believe they should be held accountable to us or to anyone.
Not ashamed but afraid that their names come out and how they profited personally
Yea more or less scared I'd say. They have no shame.
They handcuffed ice and border patrol for years and act like it’s a problem now😂😂😂
These people have a freaking lot of nerve considering the past four years of illegal behavior!!!!
Us taxpayers would like that money back please. We did not pay taxes to spend on dumb stuff
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!
WE WANT TO LOWER SPENDING, BUT DO IT THE RIGHT WAY WITH ELECTED OR GOV OFFICIALS AND VOTE.. I VOTED FOR TRUMPY, NOT HIS RICH BUDDIES. MUSK IS NOT A GOV OFFICIAL, OR ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE MUST GO. WE THE PEOPLE, THIS IS A DEMOCRACY. AMERICANS WILL NOT SLEEP, ALLOWING SOME UNELECTED TEAM LOOKING INTO OUR TREASURIES🤨HECK NO WE HAVE DUM HUMANS IN OUR COUNTRY. RUS OR CHINA WOULD NEVER ALLOW ANYONE TO LOOK INTO THEIR TREASURIES.. YA DUM AZZEZ
The PEOPLE sent the message in November.
YA I VOTED FOR TRUMP, NOT HIS BUDDIES. WE WANT TO LOWER SPENDING, BUT DO IT THE RIGHT WAY WITH ELECTED OR GOV OFFICIALS AND VOTE.. I VOTED FOR TRUMPY, NOT HIS RICH BUDDIES. MUSK IS NOT A GOV OFFICIAL, OR ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE MUST GO. WE THE PEOPLE, THIS IS A DEMOCRACY. AMERICANS WILL NOT SLEEP, ALLOWING SOME UNELECTED TEAM LOOKING INTO OUR TREASURIES🤨HECK NO
@@wisdoma4860 Don't lie. You didn't vote for him. He was totally open his whole campaign about what Elon would be doing.
@@wisdoma4860 All Caps? Really?
The Democrats created a system of Rule by Bureaucracy, and punishment through process for DECADES. What you are watching, is the system be dismantled through the very system that the Democrats rubber stamped; a system the old guard republicans were also concerned Trump would use.
This is what Trump said he was going to do, Trump is now doing what he said he was going to do. The Irony of this Committee and the members complaining about Trump and Elon musk: They are terrified that the gravy train is coming to an end, and - in so doing - some of those members are liable to be found to have benefited from corruption schemes and worse: AND THEY KNOW IT.
The fact that it has taken an entity like DOGE to actually deal with, and route out the wasteful spending, and start fixing the deficit spending issue is disgusting. Well boys and girls: Here it is. Every government that has cronic deficit spending needs an entity like Doge to come in and clean house.
Well said!! These guys are all freaking out now because their corruption and stealing tax dollars are gonna come to light
@@wisdoma4860 Ah, how about NO! Didn't work, never worked. This is the way moving forward whether you like it or not.
We need to audit every member of Congress.
Dems saying they are fighting Musk for the american people, but the american people elected Trump to do exactly this.
they are not living in the same reality as the rest of us truely delusional 😂😂
Democrat are fighting this FOR THEIR OWN REASONS!
AMERICAN PEOPLE DID NOT VOTE TRUMP! HE SAID MUSK MANIPULATED THE VOTING MACHINES!
@@ericcarter2020 Pretty corrupt when they believe they're entitled to our tax payer money
😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👉💯💥👍👍👍
It's OUR money you've been wasting. It doesn't come from the Tooth Fairy It comes from OUR hard work!.
❤
Tell'em Earl!
Exactly 🎉🎉
Amen!
@oogwayy777 Thanks Oog!
The government (IRS) can audit "the people" by non-elected agents, but "the people" are not allowed to audit the government
Yes! This! 🎆💳💯🇱🇷
This is a solid analogy
That's what 13 Democrat Senators in this committee don't understand
@@iloke11
But this is a government by and for the people, not a government by and for the government to rule the people
@@TP-vu3tc I agree. The 13 I mentioned were Democrats that were voting for the amendment to Block Elon
We could do that ourselves lol 😂 but they didn’t 🤣🤣
They never act this fast to do something. They dont want DOGE to see something.
I'm calling it DOPE: Department of Political Expediency. Expediency - the quality of being convenient despite the possibility of being improper, illegal, or immoral. Just sayin'.
USAID distributes the funds approved by laws made Democrats AND Republicans in Congress. Congress controls the purse. You're woefully ignorant of how government works. And, there is already a department that investigates waste in government. Musk and his goons are only making a show. The real aim is to make cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to fund tax cuts for the rich. Don't be fooled.
USAID has a budget of $23 billion. That's less than 1% of the Federal budget. Look it up. Know that Trump want's to lift the spending ceiling so he can fund tax cuts to the rich.
Wanna make any bets about where they won't be looking for money and who will eventually pay for the tax cuts? Check a mirror.
I guarantee you the blame is on both sides. The last time I checked, the Republicans were trying to hide Gaetz bullshit! Stop bullshitting yourself unless you're really that incompetent
By similar reasoning, I'd say that the GOP doesn't want Trump to reveal whatever he has on them.
Ya think.
@@DaveSmith-is6dcTrump is not from the GOP he’s MEGA. GOP fought tooth and nail against him. Trump is for the people.
This would have Never came to light without Elon. They should be thanking him. No one else was checking where are money went!
WE WANT TO LOWER SPENDING, BUT DO IT THE RIGHT WAY WITH ELECTED OR GOV OFFICIALS AND VOTE.. I VOTED FOR TRUMPY, NOT HIS RICH BUDDIES. MUSK IS NOT A GOV OFFICIAL, OR ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE MUST GO. WE THE PEOPLE, THIS IS A DEMOCRACY. AMERICANS WILL NOT SLEEP, ALLOWING SOME UNELECTED TEAM LOOKING INTO OUR TREASURIES🤨HECK NO
you better check elon musk govt project amounting to 500 billions of dollar for trump AI projects .. questions is will this lower the grocery prices . there is a procedures or law to go about it .
@@wisdoma4860 Musk and team are Gov employees now. I trust them more than the people in the Dem party who WERE ELECTED. I trust Trump. But most of all, I TRUST GOD.
Because they were all in it together and thus why, they stick up for each other 😖
Not true. There were politicians, including Ted Cruz shown defending Musk, here, who highlighted wasteful, insane spending. I know, I was watching. But nothing could be done until Trump was elected. Trump and Musk aren't working alone. Luckily we have some people in office who are reasonable.
The plug just got pulled on the swamp and now the creatures are squealing and clawing in their best efforts to not be pulled down
Spot on
Thank You Senator Ted Cruz!
Well considering he is an Executive Branch appointee, I would think Congress has no authority over him.
If you don't follow the law, you will be doomed to live lawlessly. Your comments only accelerate the fall of our society.
@@InventorOfUA-cam
That was the last administration
@ well, if he is acting inside his power to appoint someone to review spending then no law has been broken. Musk only advises Trump, Trump himself is doing the firing.
@@InventorOfUA-cam -And what law is being broken by the President? Be careful how you answer. There are rules that agencies pass that the Federal government practically treat like they are laws. Then there are actual laws that were passed and enacted constitutionally. Its good that Congress is trying to hold oversight, but just because a politician tells you a law is being broken, doesn't mean an actual law, legislated by congress, is being broken. It also doesn't mean the President is acting outside of his authority. All these departments being gutted, belong to the executive branch. Much of rules they pass on background checks and security protocols, did not move through congress. Therefor, the President as the authority to override them at will. That is not say he has done so with DOGE. I am just highlighting that when it comes to all things inside the executive branch, the President is in charge, not Congress. You do not know how DOGE is approaching security or who might be looking over their shoulder on behalf of the president. DOGE is to be the tool of the president, not his brain. DOGE job is to access, collect data, review, report to the President and make suggestions. Its not to call the shots. The President calls the shots and if he talls Elon, "You are there. I am ordering you to Shut this down." Then its no different than President showing up and pulling the plug himself.
@@InventorOfUA-cam The law is being followed President has lawful discretion
Open full audits on any congressional member trying to fight these audits
Why not all? I would be interested in knowing where ALL these people are getting their money
@@krisrichards5973 good idea
@@krisrichards5973Not cool to audit someone with no evidence to support why, buuut I wouldn't vote *against* it.
Exactly 💯
I agree
How can anyone oppose making the government more efficient? That blows my mind. I wish we had Elon here in the UK
Sorry. Uk is and has been ruined for centuries, your doomed
I guess your all for the Coup that just happened on your government. First Coup in American history and you can't even call it what it is. Don't worry the rest of the world is calling it what it is and realizes a Coup on your government means the U.S government and country is breaking. A Coup btw is a seizure of Federal systems or building by way of a small unelected group of people. A Coup continues with the seizure of a federal building that Police do not and will not allow congress into. So keep on cheering for your Coup and dictatorship. The rest of the world realizes the U.S is falling.
USAID distributes the funds approved by laws made Democrats AND Republicans in Congress. Congress controls the purse. You're woefully ignorant of how government works. And, there is already a department that investigates waste in government. Musk and his goons are only making a show. The real aim is to make cuts to Medicare, Medaid and Social Security to fund tax cuts for the rich. Don't be fooled.
USAID has a budget of $23 billion. That's less than 1% of the Federal budget. Look it up. Know that Trump wants to lift the spending ceiling so he can fund tax cuts to the rich.
Wanna make any bets about where they won't be looking for money and who will eventually pay for the tax cuts? Check a mirror.
If government were efficient then democrats couldn't engage in their kick back schemes.
We VOTED for this.
We came together as a country for this.
BECAUSE THIS COMMITTEE ISN'T DOING ITS JOB.
Trump is failing to do his job and all of a sudden for got about what he promised. Groceries, gas. He freaking sucks
Privacy? Every governmental payment should be visible online!
the criminals are big mad now that their cash cow was taken from them! 🤣
I would rather Elon Musk had "pertinent" information than any Democratic "career employee". Anyone that has a problem with an audit of the Federal Government is getting our tax dollars somewhere in kick backs!
Bingo!!!
I guess your all for the Coup that just happened on your government. First Coup in American history and you can't even call it what it is. Don't worry the rest of the world is calling it what it is and realizes a Coup on your government means the U.S government and country is breaking. A Coup btw is a seizure of Federal systems or building by way of a small unelected group of people. A Coup continues with the seizure of a federal building that Police do not and will not allow congress into. So keep on cheering for your Coup and dictatorship. The rest of the world realizes the U.S is falling.
@@KBMTOnly they do audits all the time. The Pentagon fails every year, why? The contracts that are the biggest donors to line their politicians pockets. We need election reform now. No contributions over 20k.
You are aware that for tariffs imposed on China alone will cause the highest tax hike in 100 years, right? You'll be paying MORE tax dollar to the government and be getting less. If in a month the tariffs against Mexico and Canada go into effect they will quadruple. I full support the audit but I don't support tax hikes.
@@Justso_Weather_Vain Nobody's forcing you to buy Chinese rubbish. Buy local instead.
“THE SKY IS FALLING!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!”
Thank you, Senator Cruz.
Ed Markey is afraid they will catch him in his actions. Typical Democrat...
He's caught
He's corrupt.
They are PISSED they have to work when they want to protest like FOOLS.
I'm calling it DOPE: Department of Political Expediency. Expediency - the quality of being convenient despite the possibility of being improper, illegal, or immoral. Just sayin'.
USAID distributes the funds approved by laws made Democrats AND Republicans in Congress. Congress controls the purse. You're woefully ignorant of how government works. And, there is already a department that investigates waste in government. Musk and his goons are only making a show. The real aim is to make cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to fund tax cuts for the rich. Don't be fooled.
USAID has a budget of $23 billion. That's less than 1% of the Federal budget. Look it up. Know that Trump wants to lift the spending ceiling so he can fund tax cuts to the rich.
Wanna make any bets about where they won't be looking for money and who will eventually pay for the tax cuts? Check a mirror.
I've not been very happy with Sen Cruz the past 4 years... Time to stand up and shine again, Sen. Cruz!
#XMAGA❤AMERICA! 🇺🇸
You said it Ted!!!❤❤❤
Thank you Senator Ted Cruz! You kick butt!
Cannot move forward with old people still sitting as outdated leaders
Outdated for whom? I'm going to be 77 and I'm not out of touch and tired of senior shaming. There's a lot of us that were taught history, logic and to be critical thinkers... this is what I see disappearing from out educational system. No more learning cursive writing? Pushing things on very young children that their minds are not yet ready to grasp such ideology? Now if they're demented like Biden - I agree, if they are crooked - I agree.
So how old is cheeto bonito?
@lindasheldon6940
Senior shaming? Never heard the term until now, sounds wokie. History, logic, and critical thinking I agree with, but cursive writing? I can write cursive but why bother, similar to shorthand, just another skill that’s outdated and not used anymore. As well as saying young peoples minds aren’t ready yet what does that mean? Do you prefer experience over efficiency, do you prefer someone who’s done the job longer or someone that gets more stuff done?? I don’t think a young person should be criticised for being young or old people for being old, they should be judged as an individual and what they can do/offer/ or achieve. Just being brutally honest, what are you doing at 77 anyway? How does knowing history, logic, and critical thinking help you offer something to society, besides telling people they’ve gone backwards because they can’t write cursive . I know that’s not what you said but it’s implied when you say it’s “missing”, as in should be there/taught. Maybe you’ve got more experience’s, doesn’t make you smarter or more efficient sorry 🤷♂️. Might make you more empathetic but things needs to get done and I guarantee your not getting things done.
So he said that this committee can oversee waste. Then why haven’t they for many many years not seen all these payments going to these nonsense, entities and issues?!
Just using that language to obstruct Trump. They actually do not care about the American people.
They're only going to tell you what you think you want to hear... Any words coming from them fall on deaf ears... Trump is in charge an Elon and his team will get to the very bottom.. get the gallows ready....
Good job.
The Senate sends money for disabled people in another country, send food to another country send money to help people in another country. What about the people in our own country??!!!!
We don't matter. forcing other countries to do DEI for the greenback is what matters. That's what they want
The money doesn't actually go to people in need in other countries.
We have SNAP, Medicare, Medicaid, Section 8, the VA, etc - and states have their own disability, etc.
Are any Republicans in the Senate talking about expanding or fixing those programs? Ensuring that everyone in our country gets the financial, medical, and nutritional assistance that they need?
@@carfreak92they can’t talk about that right now when their to busy fixing the last administration fuck ups..
Exactly smh
These politicians are not concerned with your personal information... their free use of taxpayer funds have been cut off.
They already have ALL our personal information.
@@victoroneill7924 they do not, none of them do, not even Musk
Why would usaid career bureaucrats have access to this information anyway because they're not an aid organization it's a CIA front slash Democrat slush fund
@59yolo You will never see one penny of that “saved” money. Even worse republicans will never use it to pay down the debt.
Precisely
We voted for this plan. Thank you.
I guess your all for the Coup that just happened on your government. First Coup in American history and you can't even call it what it is. Don't worry the rest of the world is calling it what it is and realizes a Coup on your government means the U.S government and country is breaking. A Coup btw is a seizure of Federal systems or building by way of a small unelected group of people. A Coup continues with the seizure of a federal building that Police do not and will not allow congress into. So keep on cheering for your Coup and dictatorship. The rest of the world realizes the U.S is falling.
We have to get these corrupt politicians OUT!!!
Wow these Dems must be real nervous what’s going to come out😂.
I guess your all for the Coup that just happened on your government. First Coup in American history and you can't even call it what it is. Don't worry the rest of the world is calling it what it is and realizes a Coup on your government means the U.S government and country is breaking. A Coup btw is a seizure of Federal systems or building by way of a small unelected group of people. A Coup continues with the seizure of a federal building that Police do not and will not allow congress into. So keep on cheering for your Coup and dictatorship. The rest of the world realizes the U.S is falling.
I'm calling it DOPE: Department of Political Expediency. Expediency - the quality of being convenient despite the possibility of being improper, illegal, or immoral. Just sayin'.
USAID distributes the funds approved by laws made Democrats AND Republicans in Congress. Congress controls the purse. You're woefully ignorant of how government works. And, there is already a department that investigates waste in government. Musk and his goons are only making a show. The real aim is to make cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to fund tax cuts for the rich. Don't be fooled.
USAID has a budget of $23 billion. That's less than 1% of the Federal budget. Look it up. Know that Trump wants to lift the spending ceiling so he can fund tax cuts to the rich.
Wanna make any bets about where they won't be looking for money and who will eventually pay for the tax cuts? Check a mirror.
Cut those payments 😂😂
Investigate everyone that wanted this amendment. They are all getting kickbacks.
People just want things done legally, is that so much to ask?
Source?
Yep
@@EZLogikalYes apparently since they've spent $37T more than we have and refuse to fix any corruption that way.
And actually no, it's not too much to ask because it is all legal anyway. In fact, it's the whole design of the gov to begin with.
Welcome to the first time gov has done what the people asked in like 50 years.
The ones scream the loudest is normally the ones who have the most to lose if caught doing something wrong!
Why would you want to reign in Musk and DOGE? Something smelling bad here!!!
because you do not understand payment systems are separate from other gov agencies and programs
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easy, its AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION......LOL! You know....LAWS....LOL!....but hey, don't let me stop your moment of brilliance here for all to see.....LOL!
USA has just shot its own leg off. Let's see what happens and if anyone owns up to getting it drastically wrong in the next few years. Your system was corrupt before, for sure, but this is a whole new level of backwardsness.
@@00amandahugnkiss00 oh yeah because you’re worried about the guy who launches rockets into space with NASA and works directly with one of the branches of the armed forces having access to payment information and people’s personal information/data 🙄 gtfo
What are you trying soo hard to keep hidden? If they are operating lawfully they should be happy to go through an audit. This is taxpayer dollars!!
Your social security number and personal information were part of the data accessed. He hasn't gotten security clearance and isn't even American. Why does this NOT disturb you?
Exactly !
@@felix0-014You act like he couldn't access that on his own
Just be thankful he's exposing the CORRUPTION stay FOCUSED
I think they're fighting the fact that it's being done illegally
@@felix0-014also if we're worried about being American let's get ilhan omar out of office then. She wast born in America either. Enough with the double standards and no it does not disturb me at all
Since when is it illegal to do an audit?!?!? The president has every legal right to do an audit and has every legal right to choose who he puts in charge of that audit!
Do your homework dude!
This is not an audit.
It’s the opinion of one guy with no oversight. Are you capable of thinking?
@@PatrickSmith The oversight is the people who makes the final decision to stop the payout, Elon Musk doesn't stop the payments, he has no authority to actually do so, he (or rather the DOGE team) simply report their findings, so yes, that is very much an audit...
Everyone of these politicians isn't concerned about the privacy of taxpayers. What they are, is terrified that Musk is going to find their name attached to some spending that is absurd, wasteful, or, more likely, ultimately turns out to be lining their own pockets.
@@PatrickSmithShill.
It's like turning on the lights and watching the roaches scatter 😂 🇺🇸💪
Close everything that is not for America FIRST ASAP.
I guess your all for the Coup that just happened on your government. First Coup in American history and you can't even call it what it is. Don't worry the rest of the world is calling it what it is and realizes a Coup on your government means the U.S government and country is breaking. A Coup btw is a seizure of Federal systems or building by way of a small unelected group of people. A Coup continues with the seizure of a federal building that Police do not and will not allow congress into. So keep on cheering for your Coup and dictatorship. The rest of the world realizes the U.S is falling.
Does that include all the Trump merch made in China?
I'm calling it DOPE: Department of Political Expediency. Expediency - the quality of being convenient despite the possibility of being improper, illegal, or immoral. Just sayin'.
USAID distributes the funds approved by laws made Democrats AND Republicans in Congress. Congress controls the purse. You're woefully ignorant of how government works. And, there is already a department that investigates waste in government. Musk and his goons are only making a show. The real aim is to make cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to fund tax cuts for the rich. Don't be fooled.
USAID has a budget of $23 billion. That's less than 1% of the Federal budget. Look it up. Know that Trump wants to lift the spending ceiling so he can fund tax cuts to the rich.
Wanna make any bets about where they won't be looking for money and who will eventually pay for the tax cuts? Check a mirror.
Schatz we the American people voted for this to be done.
Senator Markey. It’s called “draining the swamp” get used to it
Why are they not SHOCKED by what the money has been SOENT ON!!! Talk about DEFLECTION!!!!!!!
I voted for this and yes he is doing what he said… let’s make America great again!
@ deff not under Joe Biden 🤣
Amen🙏🏻