According to Florida’s Governor, the state has been trying to return unwanted funds to the Federal Government. Under the Biden administration this could not be done.
For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration—but they couldn’t even figure out how to accept it. Today, I met with @elonmusk and the DOGE team, and we got this done in the same day. Other states should follow Florida in supporting DOGE’s efforts!
DeSantis suggested that other states “should follow Florida in supporting DOGE’s efforts!”
The governor’s office said in its email to the Treasury Department that it will search for additional excess federal funds that can be returned.
“At the direction of Governor DeSantis and following his meeting with Elon Musk today, the State of Florida is formally returning $878,112,000 in taxpayer dollars to the federal government as part of DOGE’s efforts,” the email said. “We will also continue to identify other unused or surplus federal funding granted to Florida and determine if further refunds can be made. We hope our actions serve as a model for other states to follow.”
