Tim Burchett Makes Bold Play for DOGE Subcommittee Chair After Greene Exit

With Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene set to resign in early 2026 following a public split with President Trump, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) is making a no-nonsense bid to take her place as chair of the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Burchett, a straight-talking conservative and Trump-endorsed incumbent, didn’t wait for the political machinery to get moving. He took to X (formerly Twitter) with a candid selfie video to announce his bid for the gavel.

“I sure would love an opportunity, and I know the cards are stacked against me,” Burchett said. “I don’t do a lot to endear myself to the leadership, but frankly, they don’t do a lot to endear themselves to me.”

That kind of honest, no-filter energy is exactly why so many grassroots conservatives are rallying behind him.

The DOGE subcommittee created in tandem with President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has a singular mission: slash waste, expose corruption, and dismantle the bloated bureaucracy strangling America from the inside out.

“I think I got the backbone and I guess the guts to go after this spending,” Burchett declared. “I would propose some daggum legislation to do it. I think I know where a lot of it’s hidden.”

He’s not wrong. Since taking office in 2019, Burchett has made a name for himself as a budget hawk and a fierce opponent of big-government excess. His experience on the Transportation and Infrastructure and Foreign Affairs Committees, paired with his time as Knox County mayor, gives him a practical edge especially when it comes to knowing how federal dollars get wasted at every level.

And unlike most of Capitol Hill, he’s not interested in playing political games.

“Y’all know how this game works gotta raise a lot of money and kiss a lot of butt,” Burchett said bluntly. “And I don’t do a good job at either one of those.”

That’s precisely why he’s qualified.

While the political class obsesses over donors, optics, and legacy media spin, Burchett is offering what the American people actually want accountability, transparency, and real reform.

Greene, in launching the DOGE subcommittee, described its mission as one that would “GUT useless government agencies.” Now, as she steps aside, there’s a serious question facing House leadership: Will they hand this committee over to a career bureaucrat or to a fighter who actually wants to clean house?

Burchett’s track record and his alignment with President Trump’s America First agenda speak for themselves. Trump recently endorsed Burchett for re-election, calling him a man who “will never let you down.”

With government waste at an all-time high, and a renewed conservative majority preparing to reshape Washington after the 2026 midterms, the DOGE committee isn’t just another subcommittee it’s a crucial weapon in the fight to dismantle the Deep State.

The choice is clear. Give the gavel to a fighter not a fundraiser.

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