Politics 'DOGE' meets Congress: GOP lawmaker launches caucus to help Musk take on 'Crazytown’

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will need partners in Congress,' Rep. Aaron Bean said.

A Republican lawmaker has launched a new congressional caucus aimed at working hand-in-hand with President-elect Trump’s soon-to-be DOGE – Department of Government Efficiency.

Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., said he dispatched a "Dear Colleague" letter overnight Tuesday seeking other lawmakers to join him. The practice is standard for members seeking co-sponsors of legislation.

"Taking on Crazytown is no easy task," Bean said. Thus far, Reps. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey and Ralph Norman of South Carolina have joined the caucus.

"Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will need partners in Congress to accomplish many of the cuts necessary to rein in the unelected bureaucrats who have had unchecked power for far too long."

Bean said the national debt's $36 trillion level "should be a wakeup call for all Americans."

"We must take action to avoid diving headfirst off the cliff of fiscal ruin… Our DOGE Caucus, will work closely with the Department of Government Efficiency to help rein in reckless spending and stop the abuse of taxpayer dollars."

Earlier this month, Trump tapped Musk and Ramaswamy to lead the "DOGE," which the Tesla CEO has widely touted and begun soliciting civilian help for.

Trump said last week he hopes DOGE will become the "Manhattan Project of our time" – in reference to J. Robert Oppenheimer’s secretive atom bomb endeavor during World War II.

"Republican politicians have dreamed about the objectives of ‘DOGE’ for a very long time," Trump said.

In his letter to colleagues, Bean lamented the $6 billion per day the U.S. has borrowed during the Biden-Harris administration, and added that interest accruals on the debt currently exceed the nation’s entire Defense Department budget.

"Republicans must live up to our principle of fiscal responsibility by reining in the spending that is driving both inflation and our unsustainable debt. The DOGE Caucus will bring together members from across our conference who are ready to rein-in unelected bureaucrats and end the over-regulation that has crippled American Main Street.

"When Republicans stick together, we win," Bean said. "Join us in reclaiming our country and Making America Great Again."