NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ryan Nobles, Senior Capitol Hill Correspondent Garrett Haake and CNBC Senior Washington Correspondent Eamon Javers join Meet the Press NOW to report on Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s visit to Capitol Hill, pitching their new “Department of Government Efficiency” budgetary advisory board to lawmakers.
WASHINGTON — Tech billionaire Elon Musk and conservative activist Vivek Ramaswamy began swapping ideas in person with congressional Republicans on Thursday about ways they could slash federal spending and regulations once President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
is established, Musk and Ramaswamy will have a small office of 10 to 12 staffers under the executive office of the president who will work closely with the Office of Management and Budget, a source involved in the effort told NBC News. They will also have individuals within each federal department and agency who operate as
is not real. Just because someone says there is now a department of so and so does not mean the actual department now exists,” said Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., the ranking member of the Budget Committee. “Republicans are total hypocrites when it comes to deficit and debt. … Trump added more to the national debt than any president in American history,” Boyle continued. “So I have seen this movie before.
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