At the first hearing of the House’s Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its leader Elon Musk drove much of the charged exchanges between lawmakers on Feb. 12.
The hearing, presided over by Chair Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), was held to discuss improper payments to Medicare and Medicaid. Some lawmakers mentioned specific legislation and other strategies to counter waste, fraud, and abuse in the two health insurance programs.
Democrats questioned whether DOGE, a temporary advisory body championed by Republican lawmakers, had crossed into illegality.
Here are some highlights from the Oversight subcommittee’s inaugural hearing, convened just weeks after the inception of Musk’s DOGE….