NEW: Cutting Funding To NPR Is On Government Efficiency Committee’s Radar, MTG Says
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) shared details about her plans for a brand new House subcommittee tasked with cutting wasteful government spending and redundant bureaucracy in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) has tapped Greene to head up the new committee, which was conceptualized by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and former businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. The two businessman were tasked with heading up the “Department Of Government Efficiency,” or “DOGE,” by President-elect Trump a little over a week after his re-election bid.
Greene’s committee will work with the two on carrying out the department’s tasks, which, according to Ramaswamy, will consist of massive cuts to several departments and the outright elimination of several federal agencies.
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During an appearance on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Greene provided an early look at some of the committee’s first priorities, which includes the reduction or outright cancellation of funding for National Public Radio (NPR).
“We’ll be looking at everything from government-funded media programs like NPR that spread nothing but Democrat propaganda, we’ll be going into grant programs that fund things like sex apps in Malaysia, toilets in Africa,” she told host Maria Bartiromo.
“I want to talk to the people at the Pentagon and ask them why they can’t find billions of dollars every single year and why they fail their audit, but not just that,” the congresswoman added.
Cutting funding to NPR — which claims to be unbiased but skews heavily left-wing and is fiercely opposed to President-elect Trump — has long been a popular policy among conservative voters. The outlet receives only a portion of its funding from the federal government, with additional donations coming from state governments and private donors.
Musk has long endorsed the idea of defunding NPR as well, and at one point designated the outlet with a “State Media” designation on X.
In addition to reducing wasteful spending, Greene intends to use the committee to reign in “sanctuary” states and cities, which openly defy federal immigration law by refusing to cooperate with deportations.
“I’d like to … have them come before our committee and explain why they deserve federal dollars if they’re going to harbor illegal criminal aliens in their states and cities,” she said.
“We don’t care about people’s feelings — we’re going to be searching for the facts and we’re going to be verifying if this is worth spending the American people’s hard-earned tax dollars on.”
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