Republican senators told the Department of Government Efficiency’s Elon Musk at a closed-door meeting on Wednesday that cuts made to the government would have to go through them.

The Hill reported that the meeting served as a warning to Musk to respect their power of the purse.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who largely supports the cuts, told reporters after the luncheon meeting that in order for Musk’s recommendations to pass muster, they would need to be codified in a spending rescission package.  

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