Chuck Schumer is at it again. He’s scheming something ridiculous.
And Schumer unveiled a diabolical plan that could harm countless Americans.
Senator Chuck Schumer let slip that Democrats are gearing up to undo the smart, cost-cutting moves made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Speaking at an event, Schumer basically confessed that his party plans to pump more taxpayer dollars back into bloated federal programs, reversing the progress toward leaner government.
The scene unfolded during a chat at the Center for American Progress, where Schumer fielded a question on reviving the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after DOGE stepped in to trim the fat. Instead of defending efficiency, he boasted about their budget schemes that would erase those savings.
“If you look at the budget actually, we’re working on right now — and we’ll have the T-HUD budget, you know, transportation and HUD budget, we restore most of the cuts and even go higher than previous years on many of the programs that DOGE slashed,” Schumer said, laying bare the Democrats’ love affair with endless spending.
This comes as no surprise from the party that’s always quick to throw money at problems without fixing the root causes. DOGE, on the other hand, has been a breath of fresh air, targeting waste and inefficiency across agencies like HUD.
Last February, HUD Secretary Scott Turner proudly unveiled a DOGE “task force” that zeroed in on real savings.
The task force’s mission was clear, per an HUD press release: scrutinize every program, process, and employee to make sure they’re all pulling in the same direction toward HUD’s core goals. No more scattered efforts or duplicated work—just focused, effective operations.
And the results? A whopping $260 million in identified savings, proving that when you empower insiders to hunt for excess, you can deliver big wins for the American people without sacrificing essential services.
But that’s not all. Breitbart News highlighted how HUD’s DOGE team went after waste, axing $4 million in contracts tied to divisive diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) pushes. These weren’t vital housing initiatives; they were feel-good schemes that drained resources from real needs.
Canceling those DEI contracts sent a strong message: government shouldn’t be in the business of promoting trendy ideologies on the taxpayer dime.
It’s about time agencies prioritized actual housing solutions over virtue-signaling nonsense.
Now, with Democrats like Schumer at the helm of budget talks, all that hard-won progress is under threat. They’re not just restoring cuts—they’re cranking up funding beyond what it was before, as if the national debt isn’t already a ticking time bomb.
Fox News points out that the final version of the 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill hasn’t even hit the presses yet.
But early signs from the Senate Appropriations Committee show a proposed hike of $5 billion over last year’s levels.
That’s billions more from your pocket, funneled into the same old programs that DOGE rightly slashed for being inefficient or outdated. It’s a classic Washington move: reward failure with more cash.
This pushback against DOGE’s reforms exposes the deep divide in D.C. On one side, you’ve got efficiency hawks fighting for fiscal sanity; on the other, big-government enthusiasts who can’t resist expanding the bureaucracy.
Taxpayers in places like rural America or struggling cities deserve better than this cycle of waste.
HUD should be laser-focused on affordable housing and community development, not padding budgets to appease special interests.
If Democrats get their way, we’ll see a reversal that not only wastes money but also undermines the momentum toward a more accountable government.
