Conservative firebrand Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming has spotlighted the scandalous waste, fraud, and abuse identified by DOGE within the Education Department during her recent appearance on Winston Marshall’s podcast. In her candid talk, Hageman highlighted the department’s massive budget and the staggering misallocation of taxpayer dollars.
Hageman revealed that despite billions being funneled into the Education Department, only a scant portion actually serves the education of American students. The bulk of these funds, she argues, is diverted to consultants and eventually finds its way back into the coffers of politicians, a practice she boldly labels as money-laundering.
From Real Clear Politics:
WINSTON MARSHALL: So, is the DOGE program targeted at these bureaucrats? And so, how — what can you expect?
REP. HARRIET HAGEMAN: Well, let’s look at the Department of Education. The Federal Department of Education spends — has a budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.
So where does the other $220 billion go? It goes to a bureaucracy. It goes to a consultant, and that consultant then donates money back to the Democrats. And then it goes to a different consultant, and then it goes to an NGO, and then it goes to—I mean, it is money laundering and money churning at its absolute best. And you can look at almost every single agency, and you will find it.
So, the brilliance of DOGE isn’t that he’s going in and cutting spending—he doesn’t have the authority to do that. We’re the ones that have the authority to do that. What I want him to do is come up with a report, go through agency by agency by agency, identify every single program that we should not be funding, put a number attached to it.
Catch the clip here:
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
March 17, 2025
You can watch the entire interview below:
Harriet Hageman is a tremendous upgrade from Liz Cheney, the previous representative. We owe a debt of gratitude to the people of Wyoming for making the right choice in electing her.
