He represents Huntsville, home to roughly 21,000 federal workers. He told them Space Command and the Iron Dome would make up for whatever DOGE took. Then 279 senior Marshall employees were listed to go.
DOGE fired all 10 federal predator-control workers in Oklahoma and 15 of 61 scientists at the El Reno research station. Frank Lucas got them their jobs back — then went to a breakfast in Washington and praised the program that fired them.
Three days into the shutdown he went on public radio and asked the president to cut up to 200,000 jobs. A week later the firings started. And back in 2019 he was one of only seven members of Congress to vote against guaranteeing federal workers their back pay.
In February 2025, with DOGE dismantling federal agencies, Alabama's most senior House Republican publicly invited Elon Musk to take on the USPS — an agency rural north Alabama depends on.
Palmer's own argument was that most improper payments come from agencies failing to verify eligibility. On August 6, the GAO reported that DOGE had not given it enough information to verify 96% of DOGE's claimed grant savings — and did not respond to GAO's requests for information.
She wrote an op-ed cheering DOGE, and a bill to hand outside auditors a permanent role in deciding which parts of the government to close. Then the GAO found DOGE couldn't verify its numbers — and wouldn't talk to the auditors.
Favre was sued over a scheme that misspent $77 million meant for needy families, and got $1.1 million in welfare money for speeches he never gave. Hamadeh picked him to co-front a congressional fitness program to make American kids healthier.
A federal judge kept DOGE out of Americans' Treasury records. Crane moved to impeach him and Musk replied 'Good.' Weeks later Musk sent $5,800, maxing out his primary. Crane's defense: 'We didn't do it so Elon Musk would give us a campaign donation.'
A $10 million grant to clear dead trees in the Superior National Forest was frozen by DOGE. Now those woods are burning — and the congressman who cheered DOGE on is pointing at Canada.