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Mark Pocan: “Elon Musk has had over $20 billion of contracts with the…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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This Week in Washington 2.7.25.

Published | Video Starts at 02:33

I think hopefully is in the Donald Trump just talking and not actually planning anything. We introduced a bill called the Elon Musk Act. And this was a bill directly going after the contracts that Elon Musk has had over $20 billion of contracts with the federal government, currently $3 billion. And yet his new role as a special government employee gives him the control over the levers of spending for federal agencies. Look, as I said, a member of Congress can't have a federal contract. (02:33–02:39)

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Asserts that Elon Musk has had over $20 billion in federal contracts, with $3 billion currently active.

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