President Donald Trump is already delivering on his campaign promise to dismantle the bureaucracy that has held Americans in chains for several decades. Still, he needs a cabinet filled with people willing to turn their departments upside down, and his pick for director of the Office of Management and Budget is such a man.
Confirmation hearings have already started for Russell Vought, Trump’s nominee for OMB director. Vought held this same position for the last two years of Trump’s first term. His testimony before the Senate on Jan.15 shows he plans to continue his work, but he’ll have the runway to see it through this time.
Sen. Rand Paul supports OMB Director nominee Russell Vought:
“Our government is over $36 trillion in debt and the Congressional Budget Office predicts an average of $2 trillion a year for the next 10 years. No end in sight. We need someone like Vought to put the hammer down.” pic.twitter.com/6Kh1WFsAXe
— The American Conservative (@amconmag) January 15, 2025
So, what does Vought plan to do? He plans to dismantle the administrative state’s regulatory and spending powers to reverse the last twenty years of bad policy from the White House.
There is no denying that the executive branch has expanded its departments and regulatory agencies beyond what the Founding Fathers ever thought possible. This leaves America’s policy to be controlled by unelected bureaucrats, called “civil servants,” who are largely left to their own disastrous devices with no accountability to the people they claim to serve. Vought has been an outspoken critic of these “civil servants.” (ROOKE: Legacy Media Openly Forecasts Which Trump Nominees They’ll Try To Scalp As Hearings Begin)
During his first term, Vought sought to designate 88% of OMB as falling under Schedule F, making these federal employees eligible for at-will firings. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, he explained that this move “should be viewed maximally” by all agency leadership and will be a “day one” policy should he be confirmed. At his confirmation hearing, he was less open about his plans to make Schedule F part of OMB policy. Still, he defended the practice as absolutely necessary to bring the federal bureaucrats to heel.
Russ Vought ran OMB under Trump the first time, and hopefully will again. Here’s what he learned about how the deep state actually works.
(0:00) What is the Office of Management and Budget?
(7:57) How Our Intel Agencies Overrule the President
(29:21) What Will the Congressional… pic.twitter.com/vl9au8UwU7— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) November 18, 2024
“It [Schedule F] is to ensure that the president, who has policy-setting responsibility, has individuals who are also confidential, policy-making positions are responding to his views, his agenda,” Vought told senators. “And it works under the same basis that most Americans work on, which is they have to do a good job or they may not be in those positions for longer.”
His views on what it takes to run an agency with Trump’s America First Agenda in mind are exactly what’s needed to clean out the bloated federal government. (ROOKE: Our Enemies Could Be Plotting To Use Trump’s Ambitious Agenda Against Us)
“What you need is people who are able to absorb political heat,” Vought told Carlson. “They don’t have a fear of conflict. They can execute under withering enemy fire. They are up to speed and they are no-nonsense in their own ability to know what must be done. And they’re unbelievably committed to the president and his agenda.”
Listen to OMB Acting Director Russell Vought lay out how the Trump Administration plans to correct our Nation’s budget deficit ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/TsiiT4bXr4
— GOP (@GOP) March 11, 2019
Vought wants to restore executive branch control over several agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Communications Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve banking system, and the Justice Department. For too long, these agencies have worked as if they were independent of the executive branch’s authority when, in reality, they are in desperate need of oversight.
This should be music to the ears of Americans who have seen the federal government, its budget, and power balloon out of control for what feels like an eternity. Vought seeks to use the office of OMB to bring the bureaucracy to a grinding halt. This will ensure these “civil servants” are working under an umbrella of accountability and require that the people’s will is followed without delay.
Trump OMB Nominee @RussVought:
“The President has promised the American people a federal government that works for all Americans, not the interests of bureaucrats and an entrenched establishment.”
WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/FMXBbjJos1 pic.twitter.com/DZv5erjKqi
— Center for Renewing America (@amrenewctr) January 15, 2025
If you scoff at this idea, then you have either benefited from the bloated federal government or do not understand how badly its weight is crushing middle America. Either way, with Vought heading OMB, the American people will have a fighter willing to take the punches, screams, and fits from the dying pig that is our administrative state.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
