Democrat-sponsored bill seeks ethics checks on special government employees like Elon Musk
Source: ABC News
April 14, 2025, 5:04 AM
A new legislative push led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., is seeking to bar special government employees like tech billionaire and senior Trump adviser Elon Musk from communicating with government agencies that interface with their companies, and would require federal employees like Musk to meet new ethics requirements.
Warren and Stansbury introduced a bill this week in the Senate and House, respectively, that would prevent special government employees (SGEs) like Musk – who lead companies worth $1 billion or more – from interacting with federal agencies that interface with his companies.
SpaceX and Tesla together have received billions of dollars in government contracts over the past ten years.
While the legislation introduced by Warren and Stansbury does not mention Musk or his companies by name, Musk’s proximity to Trump in the early days of Trump’s second term has made him a clear target of Democrats who have been outspoken about their opposition to Musk’s key role in orchestrating massive cuts to the federal government, with little input from lawmakers.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrat-sponsored-bill-seeks-ethics-checks-special-government/story?id=120767217
Link to Sen. Warren PRESS RELEASE - Warren, Stansbury, Democratic Leaders Introduce Bill to Rein in Musk, Special Government Employees (SGEs)
Link to BILL TEXT (PDF) - https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/final_text_-_sge_ethics_enforcement_reform_seer_act_of_2025.pdf
Link to BILL SUMMARY (PDF) - https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/one-pager_sge_ethics_enforcement__reform_act_of_2025.pdf
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