Peter Welch: “You're going to be under the thumb of DOGE.”

“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. So You're going to be under the thumb of DOGE. That's the aspect of this that worries me. I'm planning on running the agency, reporting to the President, and I think the president has made it clear that DOGE is there for input, but the agency heads on decisions.” (01:25–01:28)

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