Washington, DC — Representative Dave Min (CA-47), member of the House Oversight Committee, introduced the Bolstering America’s Democracy and Demanding Oversight and Government Ethics Act or the BAD DOGE Act. This legislation would repeal President Donald Trump’s executive order establishing and implementing DOGE. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), and Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) have joined as original cosponsors.
“Elon Musk and DOGE are attacking the very foundations of our democracy,” said Representative Min. “An unelected and unvetted billionaire violating our privacy and deleting federal agencies does not promote good governance, it violates the Constitution. I introduced the BAD DOGE Act to rein in the blatantly illegal and unconstitutional activities of Elon Musk and DOGE.”
Representative Min has been outspoken about the “blatant attacks on our Constitution that Elon Musk and DOGE are engaged in right now.”
“Let me be clear – Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are flagrantly violating the Constitutional separation of powers, federal labor laws, and Congressional authority. That’s why I am proud to be an original co-sponsor of the BAD DOGE Act led by Rep. Min, which would repeal the DOGE Executive Order already under scrutiny in the courts,” said Representative Stansbury. “We will not stand by while this Administration recklessly sows chaos, dismantles vital programs, and harms our communities. And, we will not stop fighting in the courts, in Congress, and in our communities.”
“The so-called ‘DOGE’ operation we’re seeing right now is not promoting efficiency – it’s gutting federal agencies, killing jobs, and clawing back Congressionally appropriated government funding with no oversight or act of Congress behind it,” said Representative Ansari. “With our bill, Oversight Democrats are working to stop this effort in its tracks. If Donald Trump and Elon Musk were actually interested in promoting government efficiency, they’d work with Congress to do it.”
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