The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is now officially bipartisan. Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) is joining the House of Representatives DOGE Caucus.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., announced on Tuesday that he would be joining the House of Representatives’ DOGE Caucus, becoming the first Democrat in the now-bipartisan group.
He advocated for removing the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) from the purview of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), something floated by several Republican lawmakers months ago.
“Today I will join the Congressional DOGE Caucus, because I believe that streamlining government processes and reducing ineffective government spending should not be a partisan issue,” Moskowitz said in a statement.
Now, there’s a goal that seems impossible to oppose. Who could not think that streamlining government processes and reducing ineffective government spending is a good idea? Of course, many of Rep. Moskowitz’s Democrat colleagues will oppose the DOGE efforts, as most of that party have never seen any government spending or expansion of the bureaucracy that they weren’t in favor of.
One wonders if Rep. Moskowitz will be labeled a “Democrat in Name Only (DINO).” Is that a thing? It’s not at all unlikely that the Democrats will label Moskowitz and any other Dems who join this effort as turncoats, of the same order as the two tame Republicans Nancy Pelosi allowed on the J6 Committee.
There’s a big difference. The J6 Committee was implemented to keep the Deep State in place. The DOGE is intended to hamstring it.
The DOGE Caucus, standing for Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency, was launched by Reps. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, and Aaron Bean, R-Fla., soon after President-elect Donald Trump announced a DOGE advisory panel to be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
“I’ve been clear that there are ways we can reorganize our government to make it work better for the American people. Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security, while very necessary, has gotten too big,” Moskowitz said.
The Department of Homeland Security, we might note, has only been in existence since 2003. We got along without it before then. Why not eliminate it altogether and rotate the functions initially folded into the DHS back to where they were? That seems like something one might place in the category of “a good start.”
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For the moment, this idea seems to be building up a head of steam. Americans in general, at least those who are not in the notorious Squad or who are Squad-adjacent, think that Washington City could stand to have a little — or a lot — of fat trimmed away. Some of us would like to see a lot more than that. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are talking about swinging a broad axe, and may well propose eliminating entire agencies.
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Again, this would fill out the ranks of that “a good start” category.
The DOGE — and all of us conservatives and libertarians, anyone who favors limited government, would do well to remember the words of Barry Goldwater:
I have little interest in streamlining the government or in making it more efficient, for I intend to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
Let us hear it for reducing the size of government, Mr. Moskowitz! Release the DOGE, and may it bite deep.
