Vivek Ramaswamy Pledges To 'Delete' Entire Government Agencies Alongside Elon Musk [View all]
Source: Huff Post
Nov 17, 2024, 06:00 PM EST
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who has been named to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside tech billionaire Elon Musk, promised Sunday that many government agencies will soon be “deleted.”
“Elon and I aren’t in this for the credit,” Ramaswamy said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “But I think we’re going to build the consensus to make the kind of deep cuts that haven’t been made for most of our history.” After host Maria Bartiromo questioned whether the two plan to “close down entire agencies,” Ramaswamy said “mass reductions” will be made.
“We expect certain agencies to be deleted outright,” he said. “We expect mass reductions in force in areas of the federal government that are bloated. We expect massive cuts among federal contractors and others who are overbilling the federal government.”
Ramaswamy added, “I think people will be surprised by how quickly we’re able to move with some of those changes, given the legal backdrop the Supreme Court has given us.”
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As a note, the Legislative Branch (Congress) creates and authorizes funding for Departments and Agencies, NOT the Executive Branch.
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