Sen. Melissa Ratcliff and Rep. Alex Joers join us to discuss how legislative Republicans are trying to replicate President Trump’s DOGE with a GOAT—a committee named for Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency. Neither group is actually interested in government efficiency and convenience so much as using government to attack people and create sideshows.

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