Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) outlined her vision for a newly created House subcommittee aimed at reducing wasteful government spending and eliminating redundant bureaucracy during an interview with Fox News on Sunday. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) appointed Greene to lead the subcommittee, which was inspired by the efforts of tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. The two were tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to head the newly formed “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) shortly after his re-election.
Greene’s subcommittee will collaborate with Musk and Ramaswamy on implementing the department’s objectives, which Ramaswamy stated would include deep cuts to multiple federal departments and the complete elimination of several agencies. During an appearance on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Greene shared an early look at some of the committee’s initial priorities, which include reducing or completely eliminating funding for National Public Radio (NPR).
“We’ll be looking at everything from government-funded media programs like NPR that spread nothing but Democrat propaganda, we’ll be going into grant programs that fund things like sex apps in Malaysia, toilets in Africa,” she told host Maria Bartiromo. “I want to talk to the people at the Pentagon and ask them why they can’t find billions of dollars every single year and why they fail their audit, but not just that,” the Georgia Republican added.
Defunding NPR—a network that claims to be unbiased but is widely viewed as leaning heavily left and strongly opposing President-elect Trump—has been a popular policy among conservative voters. While NPR receives only a portion of its funding from the federal government, it also relies on donations from state governments and private donors. Elon Musk has been a vocal supporter of defunding NPR, even going so far as to label the network with a “State Media” designation on his social media platform, X.
Greene aims to curb wasteful spending as well as address taxpayer funding to “sanctuary” states and cities that openly defy federal immigration laws by refusing to cooperate with deportations. “I’d like to … have them come before our committee and explain why they deserve federal dollars if they’re going to harbor illegal criminal aliens in their states and cities,” she said. “We don’t care about people’s feelings — we’re going to be searching for the facts and we’re going to be verifying if this is worth spending the American people’s hard-earned tax dollars on.”
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