Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) filed a bid to be the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency on Wednesday.
Burchett said he is qualified for the position since he has the will to target wasteful spending and the knowledge to know where funding can be found.
“It’s a long shot but I am putting my name in for Chairman of the DOGE Subcommittee,” Burchett wrote.
“I think I got the backbone and the guts to go after this spending, and I think I know where a lot of it’s hidden,” the congressman said in his video announcement.
Burchett’s announcement comes after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who chaired the committee since it was created in January, announced in November that she would resign from Congress, effective Jan. 5, 2026.
“Marjorie is leaving Congress, and that would leave the committee wide open. I sure would love an opportunity. I know the cards are stacked against me,” Burchett added.
Although no other representative has publicly stated they will run for the chair seat, Burchett did state he would be facing an uphill battle, but is ready to fight for the seat regardless.
“I don’t do a lot to endear myself to leadership, but frankly, they don’t do much to endear themselves to me, and y’all know how this game works. You’ve got to raise a lot of money and kiss a lot of butt, and I don’t do a good job in either one of those. But anyway, I sure would like the opportunity,” he stated.
Burchett added, regarding wasteful government spending, “I’d propose some dadgum legislation to do it and get some folks like y’all on social media to put some pressure on these gutless legislators to pass these things. So anyway, we’ll keep on fighting.”
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Since it was created, the subcommittee claims to have investigated the “hundreds of billions of taxpayers’ dollars wasted annually” on improper payments and fraud in government-run programs, and cited possible legislation to facilitate the Department of Government Efficiency — which is reported to have been dismantled — efforts to eliminate fraud across federal agencies.
The subcommittee has also launched investigations into taxpayer-funded geoengineering and weather modification, and taxpayer-funded broadcasters such as NPR.