Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday urged the appearing head of NASA to revoke tech billionaire Elon Musk’s entry to the house company’s headquarters, citing an excessive battle of curiosity.
“Since January 20, 2025, Mr. Musk has enjoyed nearly unfettered access to data across several government agencies and offices. At the same time, SpaceX is NASA’s largest private contractor, receiving nearly $2.3 billion from the agency in Fiscal Year 2023,” Meng wrote in a letter to appearing Administrator Janet Petro.
“Providing such access to Mr. Musk at NASA would create a blatant, multi-billion-dollar conflict of interest — exactly the kind of coziness between government and industry and corruption that my constituents fear happens in Washington,” she added.
The New York consultant even went to go to the company in individual to lift considerations with Musk’s entry.
The SpaceX and Tesla CEO joined President Trump within the Oval Workplace Tuesday, addressing considerations with a prompt battle of curiosity as Musk leads the Division of Authorities Effectivity’s (DOGE) efforts to overtake the federal government, together with dismantling companies, and slash federal spending.
“The people voted for major government reform and that’s what the people are going to get,” Musk mentioned about DOGE’s strikes through the presser. “That’s what democracy is all about.”
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has additionally pressed the administration this week for information on Musk’s compliance with ethics and reporting necessities. In a letter addressed to White Home chief of employees Susie Wiles, Schiff mentioned as a “special government employee,” the tech billionaire is topic to federal felony battle of curiosity statutes — which bar authorities staffers from collaborating in issues the place they’ve a monetary curiosity.
Trump on Tuesday mentioned he’s carefully monitoring Musk’s work and can rapidly fight any conflicts of curiosity or an absence of transparency.
