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Oversight Democrats open hearing accusing 'DOGE' of harming federal services and workers
Summary
Democrats on the oversight committee opened a hearing to document what they called the failures of the Department of Government Efficiency ("DOGE"): accused harms include job losses for federal employees, data mishandling, delays to services, and a committee report released the same day detailing those allegations.
Unidentified Speaker, chairing the oversight hearing, opened the session by accusing President Trump and Elon Musk of using the Department of Government Efficiency ("DOGE") "to wreck our government" and to attempt "one of the largest transfers of wealth from the poor and working class people to the rich." The speaker said the committee will place witness testimony into the congressional record and hear additional panels later in the afternoon.
The opening statement laid out a series of allegations the committee plans to investigate. Unidentified…
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