Rep. Stansbury Named Ranking Dem on DOGE Subcommittee

 Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Court Accountability)

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., announced Tuesday that she will be the ranking member of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee.

"As a former OMB staffer, I know what government efficiency looks like. And, I will use every tool available to work across the aisle and combat policies that are harmful to Americans," Stansbury said in a post to X on Tuesday.

Democrat Reps. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., Greg Casar, D-Texas, and Jasmine Crocket, D-Texas, will also be joining the subcommittee, The Hill reported.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., was named chairperson of the new subcommittee under the House Oversight Committee.

The subcommittee will work with Elon Musk, appointed by President Donald Trump to lead the advisory panel, in an effort to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget by July 4, 2026, though Musk has recently said that's best-case scenario.

"I think we'll try for $2 trillion. I think that's like the best-case outcome," Musk said in a recent interview. "But I do think that you kind of have to have some overage. I think if we try for $2 trillion, we've got a good shot at getting $1 trillion."

Musk's original co-leader at DOGE, Vivek Ramaswamy, is leaving the effort to launch a bid for Ohio governor next week. The election is in 2026.

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