(5 Dec 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington, DC – 5 December 2024
1. Elon Musk walks down stairs in Capitol with his son, X Æ A-Xii Musk, on his shoulders
2. Musk and son walk past press and down the hall toward meetings
3. Vivek Ramaswamy walks past press toward meetings
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Washington, DC – 5 December 2024
4. Musk and son and Ramaswamy walk past press again in a different hallway en route to meetings
5. Pan over to House Speaker Mike Johnson at podium in hallway
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House:
"Welcome, everybody. What? We are all excited, I know you’re all excited that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have joined us today. This is an important day. It’s the beginning of a journey. You’ve heard what DOGE is all about, the Department of Government Efficiency. It’s a new thing and this is a new day in Washington and a new day in America. We have long lamented the size and scope of the government, that it has grown too large. And let me be frank about this: government is too big, it does too many things, and it does almost nothing well. And the taxpayers deserve better. They deserve a more responsive government, a more efficient government, one that is leaner and more focused on its primary objectives. And that’s the opportunity that we have here now. We believe it’s an historic moment for the country and these two gentlemen are going to help navigate through this exciting new day."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House:
"It is the first, again, as I said, of a long series of meetings that will be held as we’re laying the groundwork for the new year and the new Congress. And you’re going to see a lot of change around here and in Washington in the way things are run. We need to make government more efficient. And that is what this whole objective is. That’s what the DOGE effort will be about. And you’re going to see a bicameral cooperation and it will be, by the way, bipartisan."
++BLACK BETWEEN SOUNDBITES++
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House:
"What you’re going to see here, the overriding theme here is a return to common sense and a recurrent turn to accountability and efficiency in government. I think that’s going to serve the people well. There’ll be a lot, there will be a lot more to tell you all in the days ahead. Thanks for being here. Thank you."
++SHOT CONTINUES++
8. Johnson walks away
STORYLINE:
It’s DOGE time at the U.S. Capitol.
Billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy arrived Tuesday on Capitol Hill meeting with legislators behind closed doors about President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to “dismantle” the federal government.
Trump tapped the two business titans to head his Department of Government Efficiency, tasked with firing federal workers, cutting government programs and slashing federal regulations — all part of what he calls his "Save America" agenda for a second term in the White House.
“We’re going to see a lot of change around here in Washington,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson, as Musk, with a small child on his shoulders, breezed by and into the private meeting.
Washington has seen this before, with ambitious efforts to reduce the size and scope of the federal government that historically have run into resistance when the public is confronted with cuts to trusted programs that millions of Americans depend on for jobs, health care, military security and everyday needs.
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