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More than two-thirds of U.S. Rep. Tom Barrettās constituents present during a telephone town hall said they donāt approve of Elon Muskās Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
Barrett ran surveys between taking questions during his first telephone town hall Monday evening. 70% of the participants indicated they do not support the departmentās mission, which was presented as being "to streamline the federal government and reduce spending."
The first-term member of Congress defended the department earlier in the call.
"It seems like every single person prefaces a lot of their, even disagreement, by saying, āHey, I know there's a lot of waste and fraud in federal spending, and weāve got to rein that in, but this is wrong for this or that reason,āā Barrett said. āSo, it seems like we've kind of accepted the premise that there's a lot of problems.ā

More than two-thirds of Rep. Barrett town hall attendees say they don't support DOGE
More than two-thirds of Rep. Tom Barrettās constituents present during a telephone town hall said they donāt approve of Elon Muskās Department of Government Efficiency.
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Barrett ran surveys between taking questions during his first telephone town hall Monday evening. 70% of the participants indicated they do not support the departmentās mission, which was presented as being "to streamline the federal government and reduce spending."
The first-term member of Congress defended the department earlier in the call.
"It seems like every single person prefaces a lot of their, even disagreement, by saying, āHey, I know there's a lot of waste and fraud in federal spending, and weāve got to rein that in, but this is wrong for this or that reason,āā Barrett said. āSo, it seems like we've kind of accepted the premise that there's a lot of problems.ā