Quigley Demands Musk Firing, DOGE Disbandment for CR Vote

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, released a statement on his intention to vote against House Republicans’ year-long continuing resolution unless certain conditions are met. Quigley demanded the firing of Elon Musk, the disbandment of the Department of Government Efficiency, and the restoration of cuts, in addition to calling for a bipartisan, Congressional effort to make government more efficient.

Quigley’s statement is below:

“There is no room for business as usual when the President and his administration are dismantling the federal government. I will not support a continuing resolution unless the majority and the administration stop gutting federal services and start taking genuine steps to improve government efficiency.

“That begins first and foremost with the firing of Elon Musk and the end of DOGE. Musk and DOGE have only made the federal government work less well for Americans. They are using the guise of government efficiency to enrich Elon Musk and hamstring the agencies responsible for monitoring his businesses. While DOGE claims to have saved over $100 billion, actual savings are in the single digits and these cuts will do very little to address our unsustainable deficit.

“The mission of government matters. From providing health care to veterans and sending social security checks, to ensuring our food and skies are safe: government touches countless aspects of our lives. That is precisely why we must work together to make it more efficient and effective. 

“Let me be clear: I wholeheartedly agree with my colleagues across the aisle that government can and should be more efficient. I, along with many of my Democratic colleagues, have long called for a leaner, more responsive federal government. There are numerous bipartisan ideas we could tackle, including speeding up response times for veterans and seniors seeking benefits, empowering the IRS to collect owed revenue from the ultra-wealthy, and restoring the now-fired inspectors general who save Americans billions every year. 

“Speaker Johnson and the President should bring together a bipartisan group of Members of Congress to discuss these and the many other ways we can streamline government. Our shared goal must be to reinforce the critical services federal agencies provide, not to destroy services or demean service providers. This work is simply too important.

“Republicans should ask themselves if they are more interested in pleasing Elon Musk than undertaking the hard work of governing. For myself, I will withhold my vote until real steps are taken to improve the lives of American families.”