House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he hoped to work with billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to eliminate more than 75% of federal agencies.
During a Wednesday interview on Fox News, host Martha MacCallum told Johnson, "Musk wants to take government agencies from 428 to 99."
"Can it be done?" she asked.
"We certainly hope so," Johnson replied. "We want to be willing partners in that. And we have a new ability to do this now."
"You know, we have our own version of the Argentinian leader with Donald Trump," he continued. "We do have to scale back the size and scope of government. It serves the people. It unleashes the free market again."
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Johnson specifically said that he would like to see funding for Planned Parenthood and PBS eliminated as part of the cuts.
"Some of this will be done by executive order out of the White House," he noted. "But this is part of that, preparing the playbook to unleash and unroll in January."
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