[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S944]
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                               ELON MUSK

  Mr. WELCH. Madam President, I am here to follow my colleague from 
Georgia Senator Warnock to talk about the Robert Kennedy nomination. 
But before I start, I just want to share some good news I just learned 
about with the success of DOGE.
  As we all know, Mr. Musk is working hard to slash costs, sending out 
emails to people telling them they don't have to show up to work 
tomorrow, firing inspectors general--all in pursuit of a smaller 
government at whatever the cost to a lot of folks around.
  But busy as Mr. Musk is, he found time--he found time--with Tesla to 
sign a $400 million contract to provide Tesla Cybertrucks as 
transportation for the State Department. So it is a tribute to Mr. Musk 
that he was able to take a little bit of time out of his worthy full-
time job of cutting costs, cutting positions, and ``saving the 
taxpayers money''--that he was able to find an opportunity to sign this 
$400 million deal for his company, Tesla.

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