Cornyn Praises Texas DOGE, Discusses Musk’s Legacy

Monday on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), a member of the Senate DOGE Caucus, highlighted the work President Trump and Elon Musk have done through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to eliminate wasteful government spending and save American taxpayer dollars and praised the creation of Texas DOGE. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here.

“Mr. Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency should be applauded for their efforts to root out waste, fraud, and abuse.”

“Back home in Texas, Governor Abbott and the Texas legislature have also followed dozens of other states in paying a high compliment to the Department of Government Efficiency and Elon Musk by proposing a DOGE-like task force at the state level.”

“I'm sure even in a state as efficiently run with as low a tax is as Texas that you can find inefficiency that can be and should be rooted out.”

“Governor Abbott recently signed the first bill of this year’s legislative session into law to establish the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, modeled after DOGE.”

“While some states are more fiscally responsible than others, state governments, as I said, are not immune from spending taxpayer money on outdated or inefficient programs. Texas is one of the most efficient. That shouldn't surprise anyone.”

“I look forward to seeing the great work being done down in Austin by the Texas DOGE and what they can do to try to help make state government more efficient.”

“Elon's status within the federal government is that of what’s called a special government employee. That means it’s for a period of time—130 days in this case. And with that date approaching soon, Mr. Musk indicates he plans to wrap up his work, but I must emphasize that the work of DOGE must go on.”

“I support Congress and the administration working together to codify these cost-cutting measures through rescissions.”

“I will be a willing and eager partner in their efforts.”