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John Cornyn: “Elon Musk has returned back to do work on his companies and…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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John Cornyn Discusses Government Efficiency and Spending Reforms Led by Trump and Musk

Published | Video Starts at 08:01

Many of the incredibly impressive team members who were hired as part of the DOGE initiatives have been hired on more permanently in various agencies. So DOGE is not going away, even though Elon Musk has returned back to do work on his companies and is no longer on the federal government payroll. I'm not sure he ever got paid, by the way. I think he volunteered his time. But if you think about this for a minute, it's quite the momentous of somewhat, but in some ways a paradoxical achievement. (08:01–08:11)

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