1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

I oppose the handing-over of sensitive government data to Elon Musk and his deputies at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Elon Musk is acting without Congressional authorization, and certainly without my vote — or your confirmation. Congress has the ability to reclaim its rightful ownership of government appropriations and operations, and must do so with utmost urgency. I ask you to take ownership of your job and your responsibility to your constituents, and to stop Elon Musk and DOGE from further eschewing the basic agreements of our democracy. I disagree with your political views in the strongest possible terms, but my ability to meaningfully register such opposition is fundamentally dissolved by privileging the extra-legislative actions taken by the Trump administration’s lackeys at the expense of the normal democratic process. There is an oligarchal, administrative coup in progress in Washington, D.C., and if you don’t oppose it, you are aiding and abetting it. Constituents like me are taking note.