First on Fox: the Congressional Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus. The group holds its second-ever meeting on Wednesday, where its leaders are expected to unveil a set of “principles” to guide the group in its mission to reduce government waste.
They set eight goals, some practical and others more symbolic, in an effort to ensure the rally coincides with the DOGE advisory committee created by President-elect Donald Trump.
“The federal government must serve the interests of taxpayers, and taxpayers are best served by a simple, efficient, transparent and accountable bureaucracy,” the first principle states, according to a draft memo obtained by Fox News Digital.
The document also proposed lofty goals and smaller targets. “No amount of waste, fraud, abuse, duplication, or administrative bloat is too small or too great to fix.” DOGE caucus leaders had previously focused on “low-hanging fruit” to begin their mission, such as unused federal office space held by agencies with telework policies.
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The Congressional DOGE Caucus, led by Reps. Aaron Penn, Pete Sessions and Blake Moore, is holding its second meeting. (House of Representatives/Getty Images)
The memo puts these employees on alert, noting that they and any federal regulations or agencies “shall Proof of effectiveness For and responsive to taxpayers while not creating unnecessary costs or burdens.”
“We have articulated our vision in a way that is transparent, concise and useful to every American,” Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., who co-founded the caucus, told Fox News Digital.
“The mandate is clear: every dollar spent in Washington must provide a direct benefit to the people it serves, with transparency, accountability and efficiency a priority,” said co-founder Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas.
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Blake Moore is also Vice Chair of the House Republican Caucus. (Getty Images)
The caucus also called for eliminating “existing federal agencies, programs, rules, regulations or functions that do not provide value to taxpayers” if they cannot be reformed.
DOGE leaders also indicate a strong focus on rolling back the regulatory state by making the following point: “All rules and regulations must be grounded in law. Congress enacts public policy, not unelected bureaucrats.”
The group's third co-chair, Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference Blake Moore“The DOGE caucus has wasted no time organizing our members and formulating a clear vision for what we hope to achieve, and these principles underscore how we plan to get there,” the Utah Republican said of the outline. “Now is the time to rein in wasteful federal spending, and streamline our bureaucracy.” And make Washington work better for Americans.
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Co-Chair of the DOGE Congressional Caucus, Rep. Pete Sessions. (Getty Images)
Caucus members met for their first meeting in mid-December, which lawmakers said was largely preliminary.
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Efforts to cut government waste have been met with surprising enthusiasm from members on both sides of the political aisle. Several Democrats have already joined the caucus, and at least three were said to have attended the first meeting.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy were on Capitol Hill late last year to discuss the goals of the DOGE committee with lawmakers.
