Peter Welch: “He, from our perspective, has way more control over every…”

“And here's the dilemma that you and every other nominee is in. Musk is running roughshod. He could care less about what the function is. He wants a body count. And He, from our perspective, has way more control over every agency than the head of the agency. And I'd much prefer to have somebody who, with your experience, looks carefully at what the function is and then makes determinations about how to improve the delivery of that function.” (01:01–01:11)

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