David Valadao Defended DOGE Cuts, Stating Some Of The Cuts Were To “Departments That Needed To Go Anyways”

VIDEO: Valadao Defended DOGE Cuts, Stating Some Of The Cuts Were To “Departments That Needed To Go Anyways.” REPORTER: “When it comes to DOGE, as far as Congress and being informed of exactly what’s going on. And everything we see in the headlines about this is being cut and this department’s being cut. How much of that is actual reality?” VALADAO: “I don’t know. That’s a good question. Because they put out so much so fast and then it gets a lot of headlines for a day or two and then a lot of it gets pulled back in. Because what ends up happening is they’ll put out ‘we’re going to shut down this department’ or ‘we’re going to shut down… fire these people.’ And then people from the community will reach out to the White House, reach out to us. We’ll reach out to the Administration say ‘hey, this person at USDA served this purpose, this person at this department sent this purpose and this is why we need them.’ And they end up usually getting hired back usually with backpay from their time off. So, how much of the savings? It’s hard to argue. I assume there’s some departments out there that no one called and defended that have probably stay shut. And those are probably the departments that needed to go anyways.” [ABC Bakersfield, 3:05, 4/23/25]