We confronted Speaker Johnson over DOGE. His response is cause for concern.
Opinion by Rep. Judy Chu • 1h
Insults toward women in politics are nothing new, so we are wearing being called “rude,” “aggressive” and “unhinged” last week as a badge of honor.
This is not a time where business as usual can be our strategy.
After reports began surfacing about Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency having access to the Department of Treasury payment systems, our constituents were understandably alarmed. They bombarded our phones rightly demanding answers to why an unelected and unvetted billionaire — and other unqualified individuals with troubling backgrounds — was granted access to sensitive Treasury payment systems and the confidential, personal information contained within.
Does no one outside of Musk and his team know how this data is being handled and used? Is it being manipulated? Are back doors into the system being added? Where is any extracted data being maintained?
We sought answers to these questions and more from the source: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who had given Musk and DOGE that access. So, after learning that Bessent had a scheduled meeting last Wednesday with Speaker Mike Johnson and House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith to discuss passing more tax cuts for the wealthy, we marched to the speaker’s office to get those answers.
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