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"It's their job to stand up and to show courage and to demand that these agencies be ran with transparency and that we exercise our congressional oversight when things go too far like they have with this Rodden situation," he said.

Large prescribed burns and other vegetation-removal projects require environmental review, a process that is often targeted with lawsuits, including by green groups concerned that the efforts go too far in removing trees.

"Particularly after the first lap, when I went off and lost my lap, you're in a tricky position - you need to risk it but not go too far because you can't make a mistake. It's a difficult balance. We know how quick Max and Red Bull are in the rain."

Gilberto Hinojosa, the former chair of the Texas Democratic Party, presented a binary choice between supporting transgender rights and winning elections, saying, “You can support transgender rights up and down … or you can understand that there’s certain things that we just go too far on.”

Polling suggests there is public support for less government spending but also concern that Musk's efficiency drive could go too far.