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Federalist Radio Hour

DOGE And The Age Of Accountability

Federalist Radio Hour

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Stewart Whitson, senior director of federal affairs at the Foundation for Government Accountability, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to outline the most significant government waste threatening taxpayers' wallets and explain why Congress should prioritize strategic budget cuts.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

And we are back with another edition of The Federalist Radio Hour.

0:21.2

I'm Matt Kiddell's senior elections correspondent at The Federalist and your experience

0:25.8

Sherpa on today's quest for knowledge.

0:28.7

As always, you can email the show at Radio at the Federalist.com.

0:33.4

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0:36.4

Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcast and, of course, to the premium version of our website as well.

0:43.4

Our guest today is Stuart Whitson, Senior Director of Federal Affairs at the Foundation for Government Accountability.

0:50.8

We discussed today the age of accountability in government.

0:55.7

Stuart, thanks so much for joining us on this edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.

0:59.7

Thanks for having me on.

1:01.2

Am I overstating that?

1:02.5

The age of accountability in government is, are we making America, American government at least, accountable again?

1:10.9

I think that's absolutely right.

1:12.8

I think as President Trump would characterize it, we are definitely entering a golden era

1:17.5

for America when it comes to accountability.

1:20.8

The Doge effort, obviously a lot of the things that Doge is uncovering already are some

1:26.8

things that had already surfaced. There's some things that had already, you know, surfaced.

1:29.5

There are some things that other people had flagged in the past, but it just was never able to get

1:33.6

the kind of attention and energy behind it to actually not just identify the wasteful spending,

1:39.9

but do something about it. And so I think that's what's so great about the Doge effort,

1:45.1

about President Trump's leadership behind it is things are actually getting done.

1:49.6

And Americans love it.

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