Lawmaker calls on Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation to support DOGE

(WHTM)– A Pennsylvania lawmaker is calling on lawmakers to support the Department of Government Efficiency.

State Senator Doug Mastriano called on the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation to support DOGE, the organization created by President Donald Trump and Tech Billionaire Elon Musk to reduce and cut government spending more efficiently.

“For too long, taxpayer dollars have been wasted on bloated bureaucracies, redundant programs and outrageous foreign expenditures that do nothing for the hardworking people of Pennsylvania. Government inefficiency is a hidden tax on every citizen. Billions of dollars have vanished into fraudulent programs and unnecessary contracts. Critical resources have been misallocated while Pennsylvanians struggle to make ends meet,” Mastriano said.

Mastriano added that DOGE’s accomplishments so far show that the government can work for the people.

DOGE’s role in slashing government inefficiencies and spending has sparked some controversy since the Trump Administration took office with reports that the organization attempted to access the Treasury Department and the Integrated Data Retrieval System and its firing of thousands of federal workers.

While some of the organization’s practices have been deemed controversial by some, others are in full support, with some lawmakers proposing state’s should have their own DOGE.

Mastriano himself proposed Pennsylvania should have their own version of DOGE, saying that DOGE only existing at the federal level has drawn confusion and criticism.