Leading the Way to Government Efficiency
By Rep. Dusty Johnson
December 6, 2024
BIG Update
This week, I was elected to continue to serve as Chairman of the Republican Main Street Caucus, which I have led since 2022. The group has worked to pass conservative solutions to cut $2 trillion in spending, reform welfare, and unlock domestic energy production.
I’m excited to lead this group during this special time in history. Main Street will work with President Trump and the Senate to secure the border, cut spending, and roll back unnecessary regulations.
There is a strong, conservative agenda to fulfill in the next few years, and I know our 80+ conservative members in the caucus are up to the task.
BIG Idea
Many Americans believe the government is too large, too slow, and spends too much money.
I joined a meeting with Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and other House Republicans to brainstorm ideas for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
I’ve long been a champion of welfare reform, which is a key focus government efficiency improvement. There are loopholes and hurdles that make our welfare system costly. Making changes to decrease waste, fraud, and abuse will help reduce government spending and target welfare benefits to the people who need it the most.
DOGE is championing the return to the office for federal employees that have been working remotely since COVID-19. The government should not waste resources on buildings that sit empty and should instead make sure our federal agencies are working as efficiently and effectively as possible. Being good stewards of taxpayer dollars should be of the utmost importance.
I look forward to hearing and implementing more ideas to make our federal government run better.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in a meeting with House Republicans
BIG News
The week started off with some pretty big, and incredibly disappointing news. President Biden issued a broad, sweeping pardon to his son, Hunter. Not only is it one of the broadest pardons given in history, but it furthers the belief among many Americans that there is a two-tiered justice system. This pardon is a terrible mistake.
Congressman Johnson….what happened to the Farm Bill which was written by the House Ag. Committee and negotiated through the House in a process taking over a year. Are we waiting for Mr. Musk and President Trump to come into office so Musk and Ravaswami, and other farm experts like them, can trash it and write their version of how Farmers should farm.
No kidding. Or maybe Dusty was referring to the Farm Bill when he said, “I’ve long been a champion of welfare reform…”
RE: “broad pardon for hunter” – – the only broader pardons were given to donald j trump this year.
Now Dusty is going to control spending after voting for all the CRs and omnibus bills and debt ceiling increases sine 2020. Dusty is a follower not a leader
What about trump pardoning Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, Kushner and seven members of Congress who were locked up for corruption. And January 20th he’ll pardon the January 6th a**holes. That’s a terrible mistake Dusty.