Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) mentioned she’s going to focus her time within the upcoming Congress on furthering the mission of slashing trillions in authorities spending and won’t sit on any committees or caucus with Republicans.
“I will stay as a registered Republican but will not sit on committees or participate in the caucus until I see that Republican leadership in Congress is governing,” Spartz mentioned in a put up on social platform X.
“I do not need to be involved in circuses. I would rather spend more of my time helping @DOGE and @RepThomasMassie to save our Republic, as was mandated by the American people,” she continued, referring to the newly created Delivering Excellent Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) Caucus, a counterpart to President-elect Trump’s incoming Division of Authorities Effectivity.
The DOGE is an advisory fee developed by Trump aimed toward authorities reform and spending cuts. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur — and the president-elect’s former GOP major rival — Vivek Ramaswamy have been tapped to go DOGE.
In recognition that spending cuts can’t happen with out congressional say-so, members have fashioned counterpart caucuses on Capitol Hill. The group is led by Reps. Aaron Bean (R-Fla.) and Pete Classes (R-Texas) within the Home and by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) within the Senate.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) will additionally chair a brand new subcommittee inside the Home Oversight and Accountability Committee with the identical acronym, referred to as the Delivering on Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) subcommittee, subsequent yr.
Spartz has lengthy been crucial of wasteful authorities spending. In her put up Monday, Spartz was responding to an earlier put up from Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) that he would assist Ramaswamy in getting lawmakers to observe the mission of DOGE.
