veterans affairs secretary doug collins in focus in a moment.ich. >> doge is charging on despite the criticism from democrats and this time the pentagon is participating. secretary of defense pete hegseth telling all civilian employees they will need to respond to the email, despite telling them not to participate with the last round. he says all d.o.d. civilians will be taken to comply with the initiatives. reports will be consolidated within the department to comply with the opm director. responses due in 48 hours. people being told to reply. they must exclude classified or sensitive information. the social security administration might be next in line to see big layoffs. 10% of the workforce on the chopping block. in an interview on friday musk called the benefits program a ponzi scheme. mike johnson said people -- >> we have a moral responsibility to insure the programs are conducted in a way that does not allow for this massive fraud and abuse. he is finding that one social security numbers can be assigned to hundreds of people. every time

but this is where management of the va, where doug collins is going to come in. and i think i think there's a fantastic pic with doug collins is going to get back to the va doing what it's supposed to be doing. the va is not there for itself. it is there for our veterans and trying to reorganize the the va into doing something that is an efficient, workable organization. and agency is what's after is they're going to be short term pain. is there going to be some issues? absolutely. and this is what happens with restructuring. but we have to get government back to doing what it's supposed to be doing, and that's working for the people. >> i guess the question is, will that pain be borne by veterans? can you guarantee that veterans benefits and care will not be affected by these cuts? >> no, i can't guarantee anything. but the whole purpose, again, of restructuring is to make sure that that agency is efficient. and, you know, look, i care for our veterans. one out of ten constituents of mine are veterans. it's a real issue in eastern north carolina. but the real is

secretary doug collins, ladies and gentlemen. thank you so much, sir. >> thank you.d morning. >> okay. that was a little half-hearted. good morning! >> good morning. >> there we go. for most of my georgia folks in the house, go dawgz, there we go. we're ready to go, i don't know about you, but i'm ready to get started and whoever has got this, i'm a little hot in my ear, so the mic, you know, if you're hearing, great. if not, if i start to get lower, let me know, okay? are we all good and partner this morning? glad to be here? all right. well, good, i am glad. i just have thanks for the introduction and thank you and james gore for the invitation. i want to ask you a question. i was sitting back stage and listening to your president as he was laying out and it was just amazing to me to hear someone who is passionate about what he does, understands what he does, and has really no rose-colored glasses to this idea of public service as something that's easy. public service is not easy and i just want to say that i am happily, and i raised my hand back stage, i'm a first

doug collins is with me, ambassador gordon sondland, ari fleischer and others top of the hour. >> dana girls in sportsmen barring biological men from competing in women's sports. chad pergram is live on the hill with more. it should happen today? >> that's right probably 5:30, confident. a test vote on a bill sponsored by alabama senator tommy tuberville. the gop is daring democrats to vote no. the house passed the bill in january. >> the house passage of the protection of women and girls in sports act we're one step closer to making sure not one more male athlete is able to take a trophy, roster spot, playing time, resources or opportunity to compete from a woman. >> if all 53 senate republicans vote yes, seven democrats must join them to end the filibuster. a high bar . only two democrats supported the bill in the house earlier this winter. most democrats are outraged they say people born as men and playing sports against women is not a problem. >> of the approximately 510,000 athletes who play at the ncaa level, ten are transgender. not 10,000, ten. >> president trump wants to prohi

the secretary of the v.a., doug collins, cut $2 billion in unnecessary contracts in his first coupleeks. they had15,000 software -- 115,000 software subscriptions that nobody was using that we were paying for. imagine if if that gym membership every month and you get billed $20 and you forget to cancel it, well, maybe it's no big deal. imagine if it cost $70 million. that's what we're talking about here. so none of the orders involving the temporary restraining orders, they're at best loosely tied to an article ii analysis. most of them address immediate harm, they don't address that they're going to be successful on the merits which is really the ultimate way you win some sort of an enjoin isment. -- enjoinment. jon: it's my understanding that elon musk put something into effect at twitter when he came in, and that helped him win know down the work formts here's what a he had to say, he says,, the e-mail request was utterly triy'all -- trivial. urged on in some cases by their managers. have you ever witnessed such incompetence and contempt for how your taxes are being spent? does he