Judy Chu Calls On The Trump Admin. To Reveal The Documents That Elon Musk And DOGE Have Accessed

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During Wednesday’s House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) demanded answers to what documents Elon Musk has had access to at the Treasury Department.

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00:00Thank you. I will make sure that whenever we give five minutes to each member, it's

00:05honored without disruption. When a member says they do not yield, do not continue to

00:11go after the member and try to take away their time. Miss you.

00:17I moved to strike the last word in the absence of any strength from Republicans and delusional

00:25statements about access to Musk and with Representative Doggett's leadership, Ways

00:34and Means Democrats are stepping in to do what the majority on this committee has refused

00:39to do. Fulfill our constitutional responsibility to conduct actual oversight and finally get

00:47answers from the Trump administration about what exactly Elon Musk and Doge accessed,

00:54altered, downloaded or used when they were improperly given access to Treasury's payment

01:00systems and taxpayers' protected confidential information.

01:07Now Representative Moore and I tried to get answers directly from the Speaker and the

01:11Treasury Secretary. We then urged the Speaker and the Chairman to hold a proper hearing

01:16in this committee to get answers from Musk and Treasury officials. And Ways and Means

01:22Democrats have sent letters and introduced amendments to demand answers from the administration.

01:30But so far, Republicans have refused to act.

01:36This resolution of inquiry is only necessary because in the face of extremely troubling

01:40facts, Republicans have pretended not only that there's nothing wrong, but that Congress

01:47has no right to even understand what Musk and Doge are doing.

01:54It is astounding to think that Republicans have been so unquestionably submissive and

02:01obedient to Trump and Musk that they cannot even bring themselves to even ask questions

02:08about their actions and whether it invades taxpayer confidentiality, let alone question

02:16the firing of many thousands of federal employees, including 80,000 from the Veterans Administration

02:25and the firings of inspector generals who are to have oversight over all our federal

02:31departments.

02:33I remind my colleagues that it was just last year that Democrats joined you in passing

02:39legislation to increase penalties for violating taxpayer confidentiality.

02:49It is the height of hypocrisy not to support this resolution of inquiry. But Dems will

03:00not be submissive and obedient.

03:04Democrats are demanding answers on behalf of all our constituents who are also demanding

03:12to know what Elon Musk has done with their confidential information.

03:19I urge support for both resolutions of inquiry under consideration today, and I would yield

03:26the balance of my time to Mr. Thompson.

Judy Chu Calls On The Trump Admin. To Reveal The Documents That Elon Musk And DOGE Have Accessed

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