maria: joining me now is senate doge caucus member, nebraska senator pete ricketts. senator, thanks very much for being here. what is your reaction to all of those dramatic comments? >> well, they clearly don't get what elon musk is trying to do. the doge caucus in the senate, which i'm on, met with elon musk, and let me tell you, maria, i've got to tell you, it is so refreshing to have somebody who has some business sense and, frankly, common sense asking basic questions about how we run our government operations. it's amazing we're able to get anything done at all with some of the stuff that elon musk and his team have uncovered about how just inefficient our government is. and he and president trump are trying the get that turned around. it's a very, very exciting time. maria: well, i mean, you would imagine that most people when looking to cut bloat or wasteful spending would first look at what a you're spending the money on. >> yeah, absolutely. this is something i did when i was governor of nebraska. we asked basic questions and found a lot of stuff, but compar