Mike Johnson: What Congress Has Been Unable to Do, Elon and DOGE are Doing

"I met with Elon yesterday about this to get an update. And it's, to me, it's very exciting what they're able to do, because what Elon and his employee Big Balls are doing right now is what Congress has been unable to do. In recent years, because the agencies have hidden some of this from us. You know, there's a lot of oversight activity that goes on around here all the time, you all know. But when Elon and Big Balls request information to find all these abuses, and it's not turned over, what it takes is an actual audit by Big Balls himself, who's not shy about diving into the systems and the files themselves that are often hidden from Congress. That's what you're seeing right now. And that's why this is so exciting. They're uncovering things that we've known intuitively have been there, but we couldn't prove it.

Now the proof is being provided by Big Balls, and no one can argue the counter to that. So stay tuned. There's a lot more to come. And I think the courts should take a step back and let Big Balls and Elon's processes play out. What we're doing is good and right for the American people. What Big Balls is doing is making sure that your taxpayer dollars, all of us, are spent in the way that they're intended to be spent and that they're in America's interest and they're financially responsible with the precious taxpayers' money. We have a trillion-dollar federal debt. And we've got to get a hold of these things. You're going to see it reflected in the reconciliation pack as it comes forward. You're going to see it reflected in appropriations as we go forward. And you're going to see it in these efforts to cut the waste, fraud, and abuse. And we think the final number on that is going to be substantial and a game changer in Washington for the country, thanks to Big Balls and Elon."