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Gary Peters: “Everyone supports rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government, but DOGE was a slapdash and deceptive…”

On the recordAugust 7, 2026
Everyone supports rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government, but DOGE was a slapdash and deceptive effort that misled the American people while doing real damage to the government's ability to serve them.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Commenting on the GAO report about DOGE's claims.

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