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On the recordFebruary 26, 2025
This weekend, unelected, unaccountable, unvetted, and unconfirmed billionaire, Elon Musk, demanded every Federal worker justify their job. He demanded five reasons they deserve to keep it. Let's turn that around. Here are five things the world's richest man did just last week: One, DOGE deleted the five biggest spending cuts it bragged about just last week, because nearly one-half of those savings don't exist. The receipts didn't add up. Two, more than 20 employees resigned from DOGE, refusing to ``jeopardize Americans' sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services.'' Three, one of Musk's companies secured a lucrative FAA contract, laying bare his blatant conflicts of interest. Somehow, I doubt that one will be canceled. Number four, he fired 6,000 veterans serving the American people. Why? Apparently, it is because a disabled vet's salary is wasteful, but $4.5 trillion in billionaire tax breaks are necessary. Five, he axed bird flu experts, nuclear safety officers, and IRS workers, right in the middle of tax season. So before Elon Musk demands five justifications from a VA nurse in Cleveland, maybe he should justify his own job. Instead of asking nurses, firefighters, air traffic controllers, and Federal scientists to justify their jobs, let's ask the billionaire to justify his. Mr. Speaker, I promise you, the American people won't need more than five reasons to fire him. ____________________
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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