Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy meet with lawmakers on DOGE plans [Video]

Washington — Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who President-elect Donald Trump tapped to lead the newly coined Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, are meeting with lawmakers Thursday as they seek to build support for the cost-cutting initiative. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson is hosting Musk and Ramaswamy on Capitol Hill to discuss ideas for reform with lawmakers, after Trump announced that the Tesla CEO and entrepreneur would spearhead the effort last month. The president-elect outlined that the two men would “pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.”

Johnson said in remarks to reporters ahead of the meeting that during a “historic moment” for the country, the two men “are going to help navigate through this exciting new day,” calling them “innovators” and “forward thinkers.”

“We have long …