Madam President, I am here to follow my colleague from Georgia Senator Warnock to talk about the Robert Kennedy nomination. But before I start, I just want to share some good news I just learned about with the success of DOGE. As we all know, Mr. Musk is working hard to slash costs, sending out emails to people telling them they don't have to show up to work tomorrow, firing inspectors general--all in pursuit of a smaller government at whatever the cost to a lot of folks around. But busy as Mr. Musk is, he found time--he found time--with Tesla to sign a $400 million contract to provide Tesla Cybertrucks as transportation for the State Department. So it is a tribute to Mr. Musk that he was able to take a little bit of time out of his worthy full- time job of cutting costs, cutting positions, and ``saving the taxpayers money''--that he was able to find an opportunity to sign this $400 million deal for his company, Tesla. ____________________
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