John Cornyn: “Mr. Musk had to sue the federal government in order to…”

“But see how far SpaceX has come, which now carries the vast majority of payloads into space for the United States government and for the private sector. Interestingly, and to the point of the Department of government efficiency, Mr. Musk had to sue the federal government in order to compete [for NASA contracts]. which tells you a lot about the problems that the federal government has that it's not open to competition and thus creates a lot of the problems now that I think the Department of Government Efficiency is now looking at.” (00:00–01:45)

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