Congressman says he’s willing to lose his job to tell us the REAL REASON government officials are opposing DOGE

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“I wholeheartedly support any rescinding of funds that I think have misappropriated. But, you got to remember that it’s very broad, and you can go into almost every department and find that,” Burchett said in a C-SPAN interview yesterday. “That’s another thing that I suggested to Elon. I said, ‘There’s 435 members of Congress. I think you’d oughta’ investigate every daggum one of them.'”

This is the same man who said, “We are crooked as a dog’s leg” back in January, when he described what went into the House vote to reelect Mike Johnson as Speaker.

Representative Tim Burchett, a Republican from Tennessee, has expressed a low opinion of Congress and its members’ morals based on his belief that many are motivated by personal gain, corruption, and external pressures rather than the public good. His views stem from several key concerns he has articulated over time.

Burchett has suggested that some members of Congress are compromised by blackmail or illicit influences, which he believes drives their voting behavior. He has speculated that lawmakers may be coerced into supporting certain policies due to personal indiscretions—such as being lured into compromising situations involving “women or men” while out of town or in Washington, D.C.—which are then used to manipulate them. He has tied this to broader claims about “powerful people” who use such tactics to protect their financial interests, implying that moral failings make lawmakers vulnerable to these schemes.

Additionally, Burchett has criticized the financial motivations he perceives in Congress. He has claimed that some committee chairmanships are essentially bought, with individuals writing personal checks to secure influential positions, pointing to a pay-to-play culture rather than merit-based leadership. He also accuses Congress of prioritizing self-enrichment over public service, particularly citing examples like support for foreign aid—such as to Ukraine—as being less about humanitarian goals and more about “dollars, dollars, dollars” for lawmakers and their allies.

His frustration extends to the legislative process itself, where he sees a lack of integrity in how budgets and bills are handled. He has described Congress as “gutless,” arguing that both parties inflate the budget by including their pet projects, criticizing each other publicly, but ultimately passing bloated legislation that serves their own interests rather than taxpayers’. Burchett believes this reflects a broader moral failing: a refusal to act with courage or transparency.

Finally, he has emphasized the need to investigate Congress to restore public trust, asserting that Americans are tired of watching politicians “fill their pockets” at the expense of taxpayers. His rhetoric suggests a deep skepticism of his colleagues’ ethics, rooted in a view that many are more loyal to personal gain or external influencers than to their constituents or principles.

At least he’s trying to do something about it.

H.R.1908 – To prohibit stock trading and ownership by Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children, and for other purposes.