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Several Republicans of the House pleaded on Tuesday with management to obtain advice on how to answer the deluge of questions from their original districts on the recent federal cuts, and have called for greater participation in the process of the Ministry of Efficiency of the Government, several sources said in the closed -door meeting.
In an effort to stay publicly in locking with the efforts of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk to reduce the federal government and his workforce, the Republicans have taken care of human treatment for federal workers instead of condemning the elements of the approach of the administration.
Georgia’s GOP representative Austin Scott spoke out against Elon Musk X post at the beginning of the month This included a reference to people who were on federal programs as a “parasitic class”, saying at Tuesday’s meeting that he has family members who work for the federal government, one of the sources in CNN.
Following his closed comments, Scott said in a statement that, even if he supports efforts to improve efficiency, Musk’s Doge’s requests for federal employees “should have been coordinated with agencies before their broadcast” and that “referring to the Americans who may need government assistance as” parasites “is unacceptable in any case”.
Regarding Doge’s criticism, calls for empathy are with regard to most of the Republicans willing to go public since the start of the effort last month. Some Republicans have started to store on the side with Some Trump agency heads Who asked their staff not to respond to Musk’s demand that all federal employees declare their weekly achievements or their risk layoffs.
And while silent lobbying to humanize the federal workforce is based on the Gop prudent posorback And acknowledgement That some agencies play vital roles, it is far from being a direct criticism and even those who have obtained an ear in their districts told CNN that they always support Doge.
GOP REP. Rich McCormick, who Faced with difficult questions In a Hurtie in her Georgia district last week on the Trump administration’s first actions to reduce the federal government, is part of a group that should meet President Donald Trump later.
“I want to have compassion,” said McCormick, who told CNN that he planned to provide comments while meeting the president.
Chamber Mike Johnson, who supports DOGE, has recognized that “the processes will be modified and improved” over time.
“This is a whole new effort. There is no game book to do it, “said Johnson in response to CNN questions about how leadership responds to the concerns of basic members. “There is no precedent for that. And so, as Elon Musk said himself, there will be some errors made along the way because they create a new paradigm with that. “”
When he reached some of these mistakes, Johnson said: “Not my place to say. I’ll leave that.
In the Senate, the head of the majority, John Thune, of the southern Dakota, said on Monday that “all employees must be treated in a respectful and worthy manner”, although he continued to express his overall support for the Doge effort.
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a state with a number of federal research subsidies and workers, said his staff were in contact with various agencies.
“I want to know some of these endings. They must make sense. And if there are nice cases or errors, admit that you have made a mistake and reintegrate them. It’s as simple as that, ”said Tillis, who supports Doge.
McCormick, who faced hoots in his Halt in Georgia last week, is under pressure to act given its proximity to the American Centers for American control and prevention based in Atlanta, where Hundreds of federal workers have been dismissed Within the framework of generalized layoffs.
“I want it to be a discussion on what has an impact on my district,” said McCormick.
He said that Trump’s executive power will possibly have to be reinforced – although he has not provided details on what it would look like – and that the congress will have to play a more important role in the promulgation of the cuts. McCormick also said that he did not like the request for musk that the federal workforce details his work without consulting the federal agencies.
“My opinion is that we are unbalanced at the moment,” McCormick told CNN. “I am a great supporter of President Trump. I want to indicate very clearly. I need to work with him and the Congress and the Senate to do certain things, but I want to see him done deliberately that we all agree, so it can be permanent. »»
The Republican representative Nicole Maliotakis of New York was more direct in her criticism of some of Musk’s tactics.
“This idea that they were simply going to dismiss people via Twitter, Elon Musk, that for me, it seems reckless, it does not seem appropriate,” said Mallietakis, wondering why the officials of the cabinet were unable to make a “high down by bottom assessment” of agencies to see where they could find savings.
Other Congress Republicans have pushed answers in recent days after being in a hurry for information in their districts. But instead of criticizing the cuts, legislators have largely focused on the process.
“They said:” We want you to tell Elon Musk to stop and tell the president to get Elon “,” said Gop Scott Fitzgerald du Wisconsin about what he heard at home. “And I said to myself:” Listen to the guys, I am not as committed daily on this subject. I learn that when I see a diffusion as much as anyone at the moment. Because we were not informed. “”
The GOP representative, Cliff Bentz de l’Oregon, told CNN that he directly questioned Doge on the question of whether one of the recent reductions in the federal workforce has an impact on his voters since he heard during four recent halls.
“If they endanger someone, I need to know,” Bentz told CNN.
“Do I support the need to reduce government size?” The answer is yes. Regarding the way it is done, it will be one thing on a case -by -case basis, ”added Bentz.
But the GOP representative, Kevin Hern, who is used for the management of the GOP, minimized the criticisms he received in his district and said that this had not dissuaded him in his full support for Doge.
“I stick,” said Hern.
This story has been updated with additional details.
Manu Raju, Ted Barrett and Alison de CNN contributed to this report.